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earlier

/ur-lee/US // ˈɜr li //UK // (ˈɜːlɪ) //

早期,早些时候,早前,早期的

Related Words

previous以前的,以前,过去,以往fresh新鲜的,新鲜,鲜,新新鲜initial最初的,最初,初始,初始化new新,新的,新型,全新的recent最近,最近的,近期,近来briefly简要地说是,简而言之,简介,简言之shortly不久之后beforehand预先,事先,事前,预先声明soon很快,很快就,不久后promptly迅速地,迅速,迅速的,迅速地进行unexpectedly不料,岂料,蓦地里,蓦地directly直接,直接的,直接进行,直接地prematurely过早地,过早,过早的,太早quick快速,迅速,快,快速的immediately立即,立即进行,立即执行,立即就immediate直接,直接的timely及时,及时的,及时地,及时性recently最近,近日,近期,最近的right away马上就,马上,马上就有first首先,第一次,第一,先

Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    ear·li·er, ear·li·est.

    • : in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
    • : in the early part of the morning: to get up early.
    • : before the usual or appointed time; ahead of time: They came early and found their hosts still dressing.
    • : far back in time: The Greeks early learned to sail and navigate.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    ear·li·er, ear·li·est.

    • : occurring in the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: an early hour of the day.
    • : occurring before the usual or appointed time: an early dinner.
    • : belonging to a period far back in time: early French architecture.
    • : occurring in the near future: I look forward to an early reply.
    • : appearing or maturing before most others of its type: early apples.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ear·lies.

    • : a fruit or vegetable that appears before most others of its type.

Phrases

  • early bird catches the worm
  • early on
  • early to bed, early to rise (makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise)
  • bright and early

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.former
Synonyms
previous以前的,以前,过去,以往prior之前,之前的,先前,事前preceding前面的,前面提到的,前面,前面的例子

Examples

  • Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.

  • In 2007, Huckabee said he stood by these earlier remarks, but would phrase them differently.

  • He was also a charismatic, telegenic speaker with a face improved by plastic surgery several years earlier.

  • An F-35 was destroyed on takeoff earlier in the year when a design flaw in its Pratt & Whitney F135 engine sparked a fire.

  • The pilot had earlier called air-traffic control reporting heavy clouds and asked to move up to 38,000 feet from 32,000 feet.

  • The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.

  • But a little earlier still, to be an Infidel was to be an outlaw, subject to the penalty of death.

  • The poverty of earlier days was the outcome of the insufficiency of human labor to meet the primal needs of human kind.

  • His lordship during the earlier part of his reign never came near Walls End Castle.

  • The explanation of his mysterious earlier moods offered itself with a clarity that was ghastly.

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