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1·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。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·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。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·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。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·He would sooner play than work.

他宁愿玩也不愿干活。

5·I would sooner he came here now.

我倒希望他现在来这里。

6·I would sooner we had dinner now.

我宁愿我们现在就吃晚餐。

7·They would sooner they were beggars.

他们倒希望自己是乞丐。

8·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。

9·I would sooner you had known nothing about it.

我宁愿你对此事一无所知。

10·They would sooner sink the ship than surrender.

他们宁可沉船也决不投降。

宁愿

1·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。

2·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。

3·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。

4·She would sooner move apartments or cities after that than return to her own community to face whispers and gossip.

这种情况发生后，她宁愿搬家或离开这座城市，也不愿回到原来的住宅社区去面对流言蜚语。

5·I would sooner you had known nothing about it.

我宁愿你对此事一无所知。

宁可

1·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。

2·They would sooner sink the ship than surrender.

他们宁可沉船也决不投降。

3·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。