soon

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #360 ★★★★★

adv. 不久, 早, 快, 宁可

发音

UK /suːn/
US /sun/

词形变化

sooner 比较级 sooner soonest soonest 最高级

别名

soone

教材释义与例句

副词

快；不久，一会儿；立刻；宁愿

in a short time from now, or a short time after something else happens

It will be dark soon.

天很快就要黑了。

David arrived sooner than I expected.

戴维到得比我预料的快。

'Who?' 'You'll find out soon enough (= fairly soon ) .'

"谁？""你很快就会知道的。"

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Short in length of time from the present.

    I need the soonest date you have available.

  2. 2.

    Early.

    美国 方言
  3. 3.

    Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.

    Hurry up, the wedding is soon to start!

    A new shop is soon to be opened in this street.

adv. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Immediately, instantly.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Within a short time; quickly.

    不久

    快

    His wife is likely to come too after him, but we just do not know how soon after.

  3. 3.

    Early.

    方言
  4. 4.

    Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 2

shortly presently

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun). Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).

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