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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"I would be more comfortable with the results coming out before the winter, yes,sooner rather than later,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

The chicken would have died sooner of later."

这只鸡早晚会死的“

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