| 词组 | no sooner |
| 释义 | no sooner Quite a number of commentators—Janis 1984, Phythian 1979, Longman 1984, Johnson 1982, Bernstein 1965, Copperud 1964, 1970, 1980, Jensen 1935—insist that no sooner must be followed by than and not when. It usually is followed by than; when is so rare in print we thought it was only a straw man raised to object to—until we unearthed this example: • The moderator had no sooner asked for comments from the audience when a little man arose — National Observer, 26 Sept. 1966 If when is common after no sooner, it must be so only in speech. In print, than is the regular choice: • ... he had no sooner completed training than he was called to Ottawa —Current Biography, June 1966 • ... the Romans had no sooner landed in Britain than they realised the importance of a crossing-place of the Thames —L. Dudley Stamp, The Face of Britain, rev. ed., 1944 • No sooner does John Riggins reluctantly drop out of sight ... than Joe T. limps up to the booth —E. M. Swift, Sports Illustrated, 1 Sept. 1986 |
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