would sooner：表示“宁愿……；更愿意……（而不愿意另一种情况）”。常用于表达偏好，语气比 would rather 稍显正式或文学化。
（也常见结构：would sooner + 动词原形 + than + 动词原形）
/wʊd ˈsuːnər/
I would sooner stay home tonight.
我今晚宁愿待在家里。
She would sooner resign than compromise her principles, even if it meant losing everything she had worked for.
即使意味着失去她为之奋斗的一切，她也宁愿辞职，也不愿违背自己的原则。
sooner 原意为“更早地”，引申出“更情愿、更乐意（更早选择某事）”的含义；与情态动词 would 搭配后，形成一种表达偏好与对比选择的固定说法：**would sooner… (than…)**，意思接近“我更早（就）会选择A，而不是B”，因此发展为“宁愿A而不愿B”。
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