单词 | early |
释义 | early/'ɜːlɪ $ 'ɜːr-/ a. happening or done near the beginning of a period of time or before the usual time ad. near the beginning of a period of time or before the expected or planned time ➭ cf. -lier ➭ sf. -liest a. 早的:the early morning 清晨 ◇in the early 1990s 20世纪90年代初 ◇You are early! It's only 6:30. 你来得真早,现在才6:30。 ◇[一段时间+early] The train was 15 minutes early. 火车早到了一刻钟。 ◇He learned to skate at an early age. 他很小就学会了滑冰。 ad. 早地:Try to arrive early if you want a seat. 如果想要有位子,就早点到。 ◇We had to leave early that day. 那天我们不得不很早就离开。 ◇He started living here as early as 1995. 他早在1995年就开始住这儿了。 常犯错误 ✗ I was told that she had left two days early. ✓ I was told that she had left two days earlier. 我被告知她两天前就离开了。 [✌这里two days earlier相当于two days before] 用法in the early morning = early in the morning The early bird gets the worm. |
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