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单词 early
释义
early
adjective,adverb
uk
/ˈɜː.li/us
/ˈɝː.li/
earlier|earliest
A1
near thebeginningof aperiodoftime, or before theusual,expected, orplannedtime:
早期的，初期的；在早期，在初期；提早（的），提前（的）
If youfinishearly you can gohome.如果提前完成你可以回家。
If youarrivedearlier, you'd have moretime.如果早一点到，你就会有更多的时间。
I like being a little early forinterviews.每次去参加面试，我都喜欢提前一会儿到。
Theyscoredtwogoalsearly(on) inthegame.他们在开赛不久就进了两个球。
Ihatehaving to get up early (inthemorning).我讨厌（早晨）不得不早起。
I'm going to have an earlynight(= go tosleepbefore myusualtime).我要早睡。
She was apoetlivinginthe early 15thcentury.她是一位生活在15世纪初期的诗人。
Helearnedtoreadat the earlyageof three.他早在3岁时就学会认字了。
It's a little earlytobesowingcarrotseeds, isn't it?现在种胡萝卜还太早，不是吗？
Henry Ford was apioneerduring the earlydays/yearsofcarmanufacture.亨利·福特是早期汽车制造业的先驱。
My earliest(= first)memoryis of beingshownaroundournewhouse.我最早的记忆是被带着看我们的新家。
These are some of my early(= first)attemptsatsculpture.这些是我最初尝试雕塑创作时的一些习作。
Here's adishIpreparedearlier(= I made ashorttimeago).这是我刚做好不久的一道菜。
Compare
lateadjectiveadverb(NEAR THE END)
Earlyflowersandvegetablesareonesthat arereadyearly in theyear, before most otherones.
早开的（花卉）；早熟的（蔬菜）
at the earliest
C2
used after adateortimeto show that something will nothappenbefore then:
至早，最早
I'm verybusy, so I won't be with you till four o'clock at the earliest.我太忙了，最早也得到4点才能见你。
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More examples
  • Plantgrowthis mostnoticeableinspringand earlysummer.
  • She'sprobablyin her earlyforties.
  • She wasn'tfeelingwell, so she wenthomeearly.
  • Diagnosis of thediseaseisdifficultin the earlystages.
  • We hadexpectedtoarriveanhourlate, butactuallywe were early.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Early
  • ahead
  • ahead of
  • be up with the larkidiom
  • belatedly
  • better
  • better late than neveridiom
  • early bird
  • get ahead ofyourselfidiom
  • good
  • ill-timed
  • in good timeidiom
  • mistime
  • postdate
  • premature
  • prematurely
  • prepone
  • schedule
  • short
  • the early bird catches the wormidiom
  • turn into a pumpkinidiom
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Grammar

Early
Early is an adverb or an adjective.…

Idioms

an early bath
early to bed and early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)
it's early days
drive/sendsomeoneto an early grave
(Definition ofearlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

early| American Dictionary

early
adjective,adverb[-er/-est only]
us
/ˈɜr·li/
near thebeginningof (aperiodoftime), or before theusual,expected, orplannedtime:
I got up early thismorningtowalkthedog.
Sheena’s in her earlythirties.
Shearrivedearly for theinterview.
If youfinishearly(= before the end of theallowedtime)you can gohome.
Detroit has been anautomotivecentersince the earlydays/years(= thebeginningtime)ofcarmanufacturing.
Here’s adishIpreparedearlier(= I made ashorttimeago).
It was agreatracefor Needles, who took theleadearly on(=soonafter thestart).
(Definition ofearlyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

early| Business English

early
adjective
uk
/ˈɜːli/us
earlier|earliest
at your earliest convenience
used toasksomeone to do something, or to say that you will do something assoonaspossible:
Please give me acallback atyourearliestconvenienceonextensionone two four seven.
(Definition ofearlyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofearly

early
In earlier books (1990, 1995), he has introduced much-needed grammatical sophistication into research on human linguistic prehistory.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus, although a narrator's views are evident covertly through her choice of story, the overt message emanates from the characters or earlier tellers.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All the transcripts for the child prior to the offer of that word were searched to identify any earlier adult or child uses.
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Establishing what these functions were requires recourse to our analysis of earlier talk and other conversation-external data.
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In the face of this strong impetus to stay on the earlier theme, the new direction of talk actually gets taken up.
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Is it interesting because it is higher in pitch, or quieter than earlier sounds?
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The earliest of this musical research was understandably of a rather general nature.
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In the earliest dances various metres and forms are employed.
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We lack the quantitative data from earlier par ts of the 20th century that would conclusively suppor t the diachronic account just outlined.
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We also provide a detailed comparison of our results with those in the earlier literature that studies the dynamics of the home sector.
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The bidder had made the same bid in an earlier round.
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When such members lost, they were much less likely to lose to another non-conformist in the 1980s and 1990s than in earlier decades.
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With the techniques of the earlier sections, we are able to solve these initial boundary value problems explicitly.
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Thus, both the year offsets and two scribal errors suggest the existence of an earlier document.
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The late 17th century seems the earliest likely period for their composition.
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