- 词义辨析
early, early on
early on原为英式英语,现在美式英语也通用,在非正式文体中须去掉on。其意思是“初时,在较早的阶段,早些时候”。有些语法学家认为这和later on一样属于用词不够经济的例子,但在实际英语中, early on经常有人用。例如:Mary came to see you earlier on, but you weren't at home then.玛丽早些时候来看望过你,但你当时不在家。
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词源词根法
来自PIE*ayer,早晨,词源同ere,erstwhile.-ly,形容词后缀。
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单词解说
early用作副词意思是“早;先;提早”,也可作“在初期,在早期”“从前,古时候”解。
early在句中可用作状语,主要修饰动态动词,也可修饰名词或介词。
重要短语
as early as早在…的时候
early or late迟早
early in早在…的时候
early stage早期,初期
- 双语例句 更多例句
Mary complained about getting up early in the morning to send her husband off to work.
玛丽抱怨早晨得早起送丈夫去上班.
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The lawyer reached a position of prominence in her profession at an early age.
那律师在她年轻的时候就在业内赫赫有名了.
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公立医院源自殖民地时期政府为了救济穷人而建立的救济院中的医务所.
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I had a bad night; I went to bed early enough, but for some reason I couldn't get off to sleep.
我夜里睡得很不好, 上床相当早, 可是不知为什么睡不着.
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Pilots in the early days of aviation flew by the seat of their pants.
在人类从事航空的初期,飞行员全凭直觉飞行.
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Early experiments with military rockets prepared the ground for space travel.
早期军用火箭的试验为太空飞行奠定了基础.
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Since her parents died early, she had to paddle her own canoe even in her teens.
因父母早亡, 她十几几岁的时候就不得不自谋杀生计.
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- 相关词组
- early reply及早回复;
- in an early form雏形;
- early in morning清晨
- early daysn.过早,尚早;初期;前期;
- early and late从早到晚;
- as early as早在;就;
- early age早期;
- early autumn早秋;初秋;
- early on在初期;早先;
- early or late或早或晚;先后;迟早;
- early leaving[体]早出水;
- early retirement[医]提前退休;
- early birdn.早起者,早到者;
- Showers Early早期显示器
- early tomato早熟番茄;
- early morning清晨;早上;早晨;朝;
- early birdsn.早起者,早到者( early bird的名词复数 );
- bright and early大清早;
- keep early hours早睡早起;早起早睡;
- as early as possibleadv.尽快地;趁早;早早儿;
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- ginkgo n.银杏树;
- sincere adj. 真诚的,诚挚的;〈古〉纯粹的,不掺假的;真心实意的;真实的;
- moreover adv.再者;此外;而且;同时;
- imaginative adj.富于想象力的,运用想象力的;想象或创造出来的;沉溺于想象的;虚假的;
- stiff adj.严厉的;僵硬的,坚硬的;呆板的,拘谨的;顽固的;adv.<口>极度地,非常;
- jet n.喷嘴,喷雾;喷气式飞机;喷射流;煤玉;vi.乘喷气式飞机;射出;
- disobey vt.& vi.不服从,不顺从;
- uncle n.叔叔;伯父;舅父;姑父,姨父;
- perspectives n.透视(法);观点,思考方法;全景( perspective的名词复数 );
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