sooner rather than later
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美
- later adv.后来；稍后adj.后来的；以后的；接近末期的
- rather adv.相当；宁愿；有点儿int.好呀
- sooner n.抢先占地的人adv.比预期早Sooner.美国俄克拉荷马州的别名.
- than conj.比；除…外（用于other等之后）；与其…（用于rather等之后）；一…就（用于nosooner等之后）prep.比
- I'm sorry for not replying to your letter sooner.
我很抱歉没能尽早地给你回信。
- You'd better come as ear ly as possible since I have some sppointment later on this afternoon.
你最好尽早来，因为我今天下午稍后有些约会。
- And this should be done sooner rather than later because the data deluge is only growing.
这是应该做的事宜早不宜迟，因为数据的泛滥，只是越来越多。
