soon

Nghĩa

Adj

1. Short in length of time from the present.
2. Early.
3. Used as an alternative to express 'to be going to' in the form 'to be soon to'.

Adv

1. (obsolete) Immediately, instantly.
2. Within a short time; quickly.
3. Early.
4. Readily; willingly; used with would, or some other word expressing will.

Phát âm là (IPA)

/suːn/

Từ nguyên

From Middle English sone, from Old English sōna (“immediately, at once”), from Proto-West Germanic *sān(ō), from Proto-Germanic *sēna, *sēnô (“immediately, soon, then”), from *sa (demonstrative pronoun), from Proto-Indo-European *só (demonstrative pronoun).
Cognate with Scots sone, sune, schone (“soon, quickly, at once”), North Frisian san (“immediately, at once”), dialectal Dutch zaan (“soon, before long”), Middle Low German sân (“right afterwards, soon”), Middle High German sān, son (“soon, then”), Old High German sār (“immediately, soon”). Compare also Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌽𐍃 (suns, “immediately, soon”), from Proto-Germanic *suniz (“soon”).

Câu

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Những giờ dễ chịu bay quá sớm.

Mann soon found work as an engineering apprentice .

Mann sớm tìm được công việc như một người học việc kỹ thuật.

He died soon after his resignation from the Bussey professorship .

Ông qua đời ngay sau khi từ chức từ giáo sư Bussey.

Fireside Poets were soon regarded as old-fashioned .

Các nhà thơ Fireside đã sớm được coi là lỗi thời.

Settlers soon began arriving , building homesteads , barns , businesses , and ranches .

Những người định cư sớm bắt đầu đến, xây dựng nhà ở, chuồng trại, doanh nghiệp và trang trại.