单词 | the sooner |
释义 | > as lemmasthe sooner 11. the sooner: extracted from soonadv. a. the more quickly, speedily, or early. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > soon or quickly > earlier or sooner > the sooner the ratherOE the sooner1303 the sooner1763 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 386 But þerof to haue mochyl affyaunce Þe may betyde þe sunner a chaunce. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 121 Bot it be þe sonner opned, it bryngeþ yn deth. c1440 Generydes 3101 His entent the souner myght prevayle. c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Add. MS.) lxvi. 382 That here payne..myght be released the sonyre for his prayere. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 18 That your devyse..may the soner optayne hys frute & effect. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) v. i. 15 The sooner to effect, And surer binde this knot of amitie. View more context for this quotation 1653 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 461 I rose one hour the sooner. 1719 G. London & H. Wise J. de la Quintinie's Compl. Gard'ner (ed. 7) xxii Hereby they will the sooner answer the design propos'd. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert iv, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 147 The soldiers joyfully mended their pace in order to meet the sooner with the supplies. b. With coordinate clause or phrase containing another comparative. ΚΠ c1475 Mankind 254 in Macro Plays 10 Þe sonner þe leuer, & yt be ewyn a-non! 1477 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 378 Þe soner the better in eschewyng of worse. c1480 (a1400) St. Theodora 261 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 106 Þe sonare þis be done, þe cause sal be þe les. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Bvii The hyer it ascendeth, the sooner it vanyssheth away. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxlixv Euer the deper thou somtyme wadest the soner thou it founde. 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. 9 The faster a man runnes, the sooner he is wery. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 179 The happier raign the sooner it begins. View more context for this quotation 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Fagus The sooner they are sown the better, after they are fully ripe. 1823 W. Scott Peveril IV. xi. 261 The sooner, then, the root feels the axe, the stroke is more welcome. 1837 P. Keith Bot. Lexicon 169 The sooner a remedy is applied to it the better. 1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! iv The less said the sooner mended. c. Followed by as or that.In quot. 1763 the sense is ‘all the more’. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > soon or quickly > earlier or sooner > the sooner the ratherOE the sooner1303 the sooner1763 1763 Museum Rusticum (1764) 1 206 We think..that two pounds at least should be sown, and this the sooner, as it is a cheap seed. 1825 W. Scott Talisman iv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 66 He shall die, the rather and the sooner that thou dost entreat for him. < as lemmas |
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