sooner than

This chance has come sooner than I expected

这个机会来得比我预想的要快。

You see, we came home sooner than we expected.

你知道, 我们比预定的日期提前回家了.

No sooner had I sat down than there was a loud knock on the door.

我刚坐下就有人大声敲门。

She'd sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents.

她宁可和其他学生合住，也不愿跟父母住在家里。

Because revenue could be recognized much sooner than it turns into cash, investors should fix their attention on operating cash flows more than ever.

由于收入确认的时间可能远早于现金流入的时间，投资者应当比以往更加关注营运现金流。

The younger girls formed hopes of COMING OUT a year or two sooner than they might otherwise have done; and the boys were relieved from their apprehension of Charlotte's dying an old maid.

几位小女儿都满怀希望，认为这一来可以早一两年出去交际了，男孩子们再也不担心夏绿蒂会当老处女了。

The Lakers'season resumed, perhaps a little sooner than expected.

湖人重振士气, 也也许比大家的预期都要来得早了一些.

She returned, and sooner than had been talked of, and with an agitated, hurried look.

可是那天她回来得比往常都快, 带着一副激动而慌张的面孔.

But sooner than most expected, two limits have come into view.

但是比多数人预期的更快的是, 两方面的局限已经浮现.

Smokers have thinner hair that tends to go gray sooner than nonsmokers.

吸烟不只会让你头发稀少，吸烟的人比起不吸烟的人头发灰得比拟快。

Well, it may just turn out to be an infatuation that may fizzle out sooner than you realize.

嗯，那最终或许只是一时的迷恋――爱火在你意识到之前就迅速冷却。

This chance has come sooner than I expected.

这个机会来得比我预想的要快。

Men, dogs, birds and beasts of prey2 were all their enemies, and killed and devoured3 them daily: and sooner than endure such persecution4 any longer, they one and all determined5 to end their miserable6 lives.

人、狗、鸟类和猛兽等都是他们的敌人，整日屠杀吞噬他们。一想到要忍受这样的迫害，他们都认为还不如一死了之呢。

The whites too shall pass, perhaps sooner than all other tribes.

白人也终将灭绝, 甚至有可能比其它种族还快.

Some people become prosperous sooner than others.

一部分人先富裕起来.

The day became dusk a lot sooner than we expected.

天色变黑的速度比我们预料的快多了.

He'll change his job sooner than work for that boss.

他宁愿换个工作干,也不为那个老板工作.

Maybe at first, but the novelty will likely wear off sooner than later.

也许一开始会开心，但是这种新鲜感迟早会消退的。

He says substantial destruction could come much sooner than that.

他说实际的破坏可能比预测的要快得多.

Windows Vista may die out sooner than Windows XP, in spite of being a much younger OS.

尽管相比而言，Windows Vista是一个更年轻的操作系统，不过它可能会比Windows XP消失得更早。

We urged them to sort out the problem sooner rather than later.

我们敦促他们及早解决那个问题。

He forecast our current difficulties more accurately, and sooner, than most.

他对我们当前困难的预测比多数人都准确 、 迅速.

Things will start to fall into place much sooner than you expect.

很快就会熟悉情况的,并不像所想的那么难.

They arrived home sooner than expected.

他们很快就到家了，比预料的要早。

You can get out of debt sooner than you think, although it will take sacrifice.

其实你可以更快地还清，即使这意味着你要付出点代价。

Neville arrived sooner than we expected.

内维尔比我们预计的早到.

As for well-being, other studies show that elderly people who stop working tend to die sooner than their peers who labour on.

其他一些研究显示，退休后停止工作的老年人要比同龄的继续工作的老年人更早死亡。

You just may find your soul-mate sooner than you want to.

你可能慢半拍才发现你所想要的心灵伴侣.

But White House officials said that President Obama wants NASA to begin work on building a new heavy lift rocket sooner than envisioned under the cancelled Constellation programme, with a commitment to decide in 2015 on the specific rocket that will take astronauts deeper into space.

白宫官员称，总统奥巴马要求美宇航局加快新型大型运载火箭的研发工作，在星座计划取消的情况下，要在2015年之前，完成新型火箭的研发任务，运载宇航员向宇宙更深处探索。

It is too bad that Eleanor had to leave so soon.

埃莉诺不得不这么快就离开，真是太遗憾了。