no sooner ... thanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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no sooner than

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no,‎ sooner,‎ than.

   Antonym: no later than

   Coordinate terms: as soon as, before, after

   He will arrive no sooner than I will.

2. At the moment when; instantaneously after; immediately after.

   Synonyms: as soon as, once

   Near-synonyms: immediately, instantly, hardly

   No sooner had he arrived than the others grew talkative.

   • 1892 June, Appleton Morgan, “Wanted: A Railway Court of Last Resort”, in Popular Science Monthly:

     No sooner did the act become law than it operated to relieve the railways from competition

   • [1921?], John Cournos, “Circe”, in The Wall, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd.; New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, chapter VIII, section I, page 207:

     He had prepared such a fine pedestal for her, draped her in so many beautiful illusions. But if she was an elf, there was no keeping an elf on a pedestal. No sooner had he arranged her there nicely, than off she flopped in her elfish way, scattering the illusions he had attached to her, as it were, a Salome shedding her seven veils. So he fluttered between his beliefs and doubtings.

3. (idiomatic) Used to indicate that the second action mentioned is as likely as, or is preferred to, the first action mentioned.

   Coordinate terms: as soon as, before

   I'd no sooner shop at their store than jump in a lake.

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