sooner

更早、提前、更快

If we had left sooner, we would have caught the train.

如果我們早點出發，就能趕上那班火車了。

寧願、寧可常與 would 連用

I'd sooner walk home than wait another hour for the bus.

我寧願走回家，也不要再等一個小時的公車。

剛……就、一……就用於 no sooner...than 句型

No sooner had she sat down than the phone rang again.

她才剛坐下，電話就又響了。

遲早、早晚

Sooner or later he will have to tell his family the truth.

他遲早得把真相告訴家人。

越快越好口語

Send me the files today; the sooner the better.

今天就把檔案寄給我，越快越好。