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。

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。

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。

He would sooner play than work.

他宁愿玩也不愿干活。

I would sooner he came here now.

我倒希望他现在来这里。

I would sooner we had dinner now.

我宁愿我们现在就吃晚餐。

They would sooner they were beggars.

他们倒希望自己是乞丐。

I could do it myself but I would sooner you did it.

我自己也可以做，但我宁愿你去做。

I would sooner you had known nothing about it.

我宁愿你对此事一无所知。

They would sooner sink the ship than surrender.

他们宁可沉船也决不投降。

He would sooner die than consent to such a plan.

他宁死也不肯同意这种计划。

I would sooner die at once than live in this agony.

与其生存在这种痛苦中，我宁肯早死的好。

I would sooner my daughter attended a public school.

但愿我的女儿能上公立学校。

He would sooner let the world turn into drifting powder.

他宁愿让这世界化成灰烬。

I need a helping hand, but I would sooner you didn't join me.

我需要帮助，但我宁愿你别来。（事实上他还没来）

He would sooner resign than take part in such dishonest business deals.

他宁愿辞职，也不愿参与那样不诚实的买卖。

She would sooner resign than take part in such dishonest business deals.

她宁可辞职也不愿参与这种不正当的买卖。

Whoever won the election would sooner or later have to slash the deficit.

无论谁最后赢得选举，早晚都必须消减赤字。

I would sooner micturate in a tankard of my own ale than journey to Tristram!

我宁愿在我的啤酒桶中撒尿也不愿意前往崔斯特瑞姆！

I would sooner it didn't come for a week, just give me time to sort things out.

我宁可他在一周之内不要攻击，好让我有时间把事情整理好。

The ordinary human being would sooner starve than live on brown bread and raw carrots.

普通人宁愿挨饿也不愿意吃黑面包和生胡萝卜。

I was never afraid of failure for I would sooner fail than not be among the best.

我不害怕失败，但是不在最不错之中却是我的失败。(这句翻不不错)。

If the gods wanted him, he would sooner die by drowning than choking on his own vomit.

若神灵想让收回他的话，他宁愿被淹死而非被自己的呕吐物给呛死。

No, he would sooner quit Kellynch Hall at once, than remain in it on such disgraceful terms.

不，我宁可马上离开凯林奇大厦，也不愿意按这样的屈辱条件继续呆在里面。

So, is the folk wisdom that a cat will gladly eat its dead owner, but a dog would sooner starve, just bunk?

民间流传，猫会欣然吃掉死去的主人，狗却宁可挨饿，难道是一派胡言？

Your Grace does not love the noble Hizdahr. This one thinks you would sooner have another for your husband.

陛下不爱高贵的希兹达尔。奴婢想您很快就会得到另一个丈夫的。