already
adverb
uk/ɔːlˈred.i/us/ɑːlˈred.i/A2
before thepresenttime:
已经,早已Iaskedhim to come to theexhibitionbut he'd alreadyseenit.我请他去看展览,可他早就看过了。
Theconcerthad alreadybegunby thetimewearrived.我们到时,音乐会已经开始了。
I've already told him.我已经告诉他了。
As I have alreadymentioned, Idoubtthat we will beabletoraiseall themoneywe need.正如我早就说过的,我怀疑我们是否能够筹集到足够的资金。
B1
earlierthan thetimeexpected:
比预期早Are youbuyingChristmascardsalready? It's onlySeptember!你现在就买圣诞卡?这才9月啊!
I've onlyeatenonecourseand I'm alreadyfull.我才吃了一道菜,就已经吃饱了。
- He wasdisappointedtofindthey'd already gone.
- I've beenwaitinganhouralready.
- Iknewa lot about thesubjectalready, but hertalkwasinterestingnevertheless.
- Thefoodis already on thetable.
- Ithinkwe've already had thebestof thehotweatherthissummer.
Before, after and already
- advance
- afore
- afterwards
- ante
- as it isidiom
- before
- beforehand
- gone
- in advanceidiom
- in advance ofsomething/someoneidiom
- in the wake ofsomethingidiom
- next
- prologue
- quondam
- second-wave
- secondarily
- secondary
- shortly
- the next but oneidiom
- wake
Grammar
Already
Already is an adverb.…Already: meaning
We use already to emphasise that something was completed before something else happened. It is often used with the present perfect or past perfect:…Already: position
…Already: typical errors
You may hear American English speakers using already with the past simple.…Already,stilloryet?
…Alreadyoryet?
We use already to refer to something which has happened or may have happened before the moment of speaking. Already can sometimes suggest surprise on the part of the speaker, that something is unexpected:…Already,yetorstill?
We use still not yet or already to refer to the continuation of a situation:…Negatives withalready,still,yet
Negatives with yet mean that something has not happened up to now:…Idiom
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