soonest

英 [ˈsuːnɪst]

美 [ˈsunəst]

adv.  很快; 马上; 不久; 早; 快
soon的最高级

BNC.34741 / COCA.34886

柯林斯词典

• ADV-GRADED 很快;马上;不久
  If something is going to happensoon, it will happen after a short time. If something happenedsoonafter a particular time or event, it happened a short time after it.
  1. You'll be hearing from us very soon...
     你很快就会收到我们的来信。
  2. This chance has come sooner than I expected...
     这个机会来得比我预想的要快。
  3. You'll find out soon enough...
     你很快就会搞清楚的。
  4. The plane was returning to the airport soon after takeoff when it burst into flames...
     飞机起飞之后不久便起火，于是掉头返回机场。
  5. Soon afterwards he separated from his wife.
     不久以后，他和妻子分居了。
• PHR-CONJ-SUBORD 一…就…
  If you say that something happensas soon assomething else happens, you mean that it happens immediately after the other thing.
  1. As soon as relations improve they will be allowed to go...
     一旦关系有所改善，他们就可以获准离开。
  2. You'll never guess what happened as soon as I left my room.
     你怎么也猜不出我一离开房间就发生了什么事。
• PHR-MODAL 宁可;宁愿
  If you say that youwould just as soondo something or you'd just as soondo it, you mean that you would prefer to do it.
  1. These people could afford to retire to Florida but they'd just as soon stay put...
     这些人有足够的钱可以去佛罗里达安度退休生活，可是他们却宁愿留在原来的地方。
  2. I'd just as soon not have to make this public...
     我宁愿不必将此事公之于众。
  3. I'd just as soon you put that thing away...
     我宁可你把那玩意收起来。
  4. She'd just as soon throw your plate in your face as serve you.
     她宁可把盘子砸到你脸上也不愿伺候你。

英英释义

adv

• with the least delay
  1. the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M.
  Synonym:earliest

双语例句

• CowieStation students or members are now free to put any computer related questions in this forum section, all teachers will try to answer your difficulties the soonest.
  科卫总站希望所有的学生们可以随时在此发问有关电脑的问题，相关老师将会尽快回答你们的疑问。
• Awaiting for your soonest response.
  等待您的尽快答复。
• That which one last anticipates soonest comes to pass.
  越是意料不到的事越容易发生。
• We had a bitter argument and although I still thought I was right, I decided that least said, soonest mended and changed the subject.
  我们争论得很激烈，虽然我仍旧认为我是对的，但还是少说为妙，于是我转移了话题。
• Awaiting your soonest reply in this regard.
  在这方面等待您最快的答复。
• Total's move is a big blow for Iran, which is now unlikely to be able to significantly raise its gas exports until late in the next decade at the soonest.
  道达尔此举对伊朗是一大打击，它意味着，伊朗最快也要到接近2020年的时候，才能大幅增加天然气出口。
• Benvolio: a right fair mark, fair coz, is soonest hit.
  班：好兄弟，目标越好，射得越准。
• I swore I'd get out the soonest.
  我发誓要尽早脱身。
• Wednesday of next week is the soonest we can deliver the chairs.
  我们最快在下星期三把椅子送来。
• We will send you the samples in soonest possible.
  我们会以最快的方式将样品送达你处。