I would sooner give up sleep than miss my evening class.

我宁愿不睡觉也不愿错过晚间课程。

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If I were a young man I would sooner go to prison than fight for this country.

如果我还是个年轻人，我宁可坐牢也不愿为这个国家去打仗。

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Ford vowed that he would sooner burn his factory to the ground than build a single vehicle for war purposes.

福特起誓说，他宁愿把自己的工厂烧毁，也不为战争生产一辆汽车。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"I thought that sooner or later one thing was sure to happen: The first real test once he was through school would ruin him.

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Since the connection with the poker chips is established through classical conditioning, sooner or later by that logic the poker chips would lose their power to serve as reinforcers.

因为与扑克筹码有关的联结,是通过经典条件作用建立的，所以按照这种逻辑,扑克筹码迟早会失去强化物的作用。

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and you need to leave sooner than you would like to stay.

但是你得比你预期的早一点离开。

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They would sooner lose a few subscribers to 3 than drop their prices.

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His critics would sooner sit down and try to negotiate a loose confederation between the two parts of the island.

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Still, many think that, on balance, they would sooner have a benevolent despot to push through change than have their own leaders in full control.

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