sooner or later

释义

1. 牛津电影里 100%

   迟早；早晚有一天

   at some time in the future, even if you are not sure exactly when

电影里这样说 · 47 部

• Sooner or later, someone will have to fight them.The Matrix1999
• They'll show up here, sooner or later.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969
• Sooner or later, everything turns to shit.Husbands and Wives1992
• Sooner or later...12 Years a Slave2013
• sooner or later.The Whole Nine Yards2000
• Well, sooner or later, everybody does.Fractured2019
• He'll talk. Sooner or later.The Green Mile1999
• ...so, sooner or later... you know...Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015

在完整场景里学

• 虎豹小霸王1969
  • 赌桌被指出千：stick around（留下来）
  • 帮派逼宫换老大：fixin' to（正准备做某事）
  • 小镇招募追捕队：head someone off（抄到前面截住）
• 丈夫、太太与情人1992
  • 饭前宣布两人要分开：grow apart（渐渐疏远）
  • 深夜夫妻翻婚姻旧账：to the best of my knowledge（就我所知）
  • 电话里逼问出同居：a different ball game（完全是另一回事）

同一词条的短语

• no sooner said than done
• no sooner… than
• the sooner the better
• sooner rather than later
• I, would sooner do
• anytime soon
• I, would just as soon do
• least said soonest mended

习语频道里接下来

• on board
• out loud
• in order to do
• in the long run
• ahead of time
• have had enough
• face to face
• all over the place
• in no time
• at stake
• go with the flow
• know better