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

• The fairest silk is soonest soiled.
  最洁白的丝绸最易脏。
• Hope the above will meet your kind understanding and cooperation, while we hope to hear from you soonest.
  希望上述将满足您的理解与合作，同时我们希望听到您尽快。
• I swore I'd get out the soonest.
  我发誓要尽早脱身。
• Beautiful systems cost the least to build and maintain, and are delivered soonest.
  构建、维护美的系统所花费的代价最少，交付起来也最快。
• You might want to, but any travel you do will have to take place over the weekends, or at the soonest, during the last week of August.
  或许你会这么考虑，但是你想要的任何旅行都不得不放在周末，要么最快也得放到八月最后个星期。
• Awaiting for your soonest response.
  等待您的尽快答复。
• 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。
• Next Monday is the soonest we can deliver.
  我们交货最早要到下星期一。
• We will read your resume at the first time and contact you soonest.
  我们会在第一时间查看，并与符合条件的你进行联系。
• "We are trying our best to address all complaints that we are receiving and the soonest, the better from our point of view," he said.
  我们在尽最大努力处理我们正在不断收到的投诉，我们认为越快越好。