would sooner
释义
宁愿：表示某人更愿意做、拥有等。他宁愿失去一切，也不愿承认自己错了。
例句
1·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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2·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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3·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。
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同义词
宁愿；宁可
would ratherwould prefer
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