sooner rather than later

• 尽早； 宜早不宜迟

sooner rather than later的用法和样例：

例句

1. I'm sorry for not replying to your letter sooner.
   我很抱歉没能尽早地给你回信。
2. You'd better come as ear ly as possible since I have some sppointment later on this afternoon.
   你最好尽早来，因为我今天下午稍后有些约会。
3. And this should be done sooner rather than later because the data deluge is only growing.
   这是应该做的事宜早不宜迟，因为数据的泛滥，只是越来越多。