- 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。
early, ago
两者都可表达“某时之前若干时间”。它们的区别在于:如果是从现在起向过去推算,用表示时间度量的短语加ago,并与动词的一般过去时连用; 如果表示从过去时刻向更深远的过去推算,则用earlier,并常与动词的过去完成时连用。例如:Stirring scene from the film still sticks in my mind, though I saw it several years ago.虽然这部影片我是几年前看的,但那激动人心的场面仍然印在我的脑海里。Four days earlier his foot had been bitten by a poisonous snake.4天前他的脚被毒蛇咬了一下。
early, quick, shortly, soon
这组词共同的意思是“不久”“即刻”“快”。它们的区别在于:early常指时间比原来或通常早些; quick含有匆忙、仓促之意; soon指在某一特定时间过现在之后不久,多用于将来时或过去时,通常放在句末或主要动词之前; shortly与soon同义,但比soon更郑重,常用于新闻报道等。例如:You have to think quick with the mind and act quick with the body.你必须脑子转得快,行动也得快。I came early, and had to wait for others, but soon after five o'clock they appeared.我来得早,得等其他人,可是刚过5点他们就都来了。Shortly after that, the police arrived.那事情发生不久警察就到了。
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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。
- 近义词
- 反义词
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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
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.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 相关词组
- Showers Early早期显示器
- early on在初期;早先;
- early birdn.早起者,早到者;
- early autumn早秋;初秋;
- keep early hours早睡早起;早起早睡;
- early in morning清晨
- as early as possibleadv.尽快地;趁早;早早儿;
- early age早期;
- early daysn.过早,尚早;初期;前期;
- as early as早在;就;
- early or late或早或晚;先后;迟早;
- early birdsn.早起者,早到者( early bird的名词复数 );
- bright and early大清早;
- early tomato早熟番茄;
- early and late从早到晚;
- early reply及早回复;
- early retirement[医]提前退休;
- early morning清晨;早上;早晨;朝;
- early leaving[体]早出水;
- in an early form雏形;
- 今日热词
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- scholarship n.奖学金;学术(研究);
- window n.窗户;窗口;陈列窗;空当;
- you are my love 你是我的爱
- offend v.冒犯;(使)反感/不快;违法;违背;
- shark n.鲨鱼;坑蒙拐骗的人,诈骗者;[俚]老手;
- are you ready 你准备好了吗;准备好了吗;准备好没
- collect v.收集;收藏;领取;接走;积累;聚集;募捐;收款;赢得;获得;adj.受话人付费的;
- intellect n.智力,理解力;有才智的人;知识分子;
- liberate vt.解放;释放;释出,放出;
- camera n.照相机;摄影机;
- brief adj.短暂的;(衣着)短的;简洁的;简明的;vt.向…介绍基本情况;(尤指事前)向…介绍基本情况;向…下达简令;在…事先向…做简要指点;
- barrier n.屏障;障碍;界限;壁垒;隔阂;阻碍;关口;栅栏;挡板;