soon /suːn/ CET4 TEM4 ( sooner, soonest )

• 1. 

  ADV If something is going to happen soon, it will happen after a short time. If something happened soon after a particular time or event, it happened a short time after it. 不久

  例：

  You'll be hearing from us very soon.

  你很快就会收到我们来信的。

  例：

  This chance has come sooner than I expected.

  这个机会比我预想的来得快。

• 2. 

  PHRASE If you say that something happens as soon as something else happens, you mean that it happens immediately after the other thing. 一…就

  例：

  As soon as relations improve they will be allowed to go.

  关系一改善他们就会获准离开。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If you say that you would just as soon do something or you'd just as soon do it, you mean that you would prefer to do it. 宁愿

  例：

  These people could afford to retire to Florida but they'd just as soon stay put.

  这些人能负担得起退隐到佛罗里达，但他们宁愿留在原地。

  例：

  I'd just as soon not have to make this public.

  我宁愿不公开此事。