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单词 sooner or later
释义

sooner or later

adverb

: at some uncertain future time : sometime

Synonyms

  • eventually
  • finally
  • someday
  • sometime
  • ultimately
  • yet
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Example Sentences

sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar
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Word History

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

sooner or later

adverb

as in eventually
at a later time sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • eventually
  • someday
  • finally
  • at last
  • in time
  • at length
  • soon
  • sometime
  • ultimately
  • at long last
  • yet
  • before long
  • shortly
  • right off
  • right now
  • right away
  • in the end
  • promptly
  • in the fullness of time
  • immediately
  • momentarily
  • anon
  • imminently
  • forthwith
  • by and by
  • straightaway
  • directly
  • presently
  • straightway
  • pronto

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • never
  • ne'er
  • nevermore
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