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 early ['ә:li]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 早的, 早熟的

ad. 很早, 初

[经] 稍早的; 早先


  1. It's too early for getting up.
    现在起床还太早。
  2. We shall find out the truth early or late.
    我们迟早会查明事实真相。
  3. I'm not sure if our book will be a success it's early days yet.
    我们这本书是否受欢迎，我没有把握－－现在言之过早。


early
earlier, earliest
[ adj ]
  1. at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

    2. <adj.all>
    early morning
    an early warning
    early diagnosis
    an early death
    took early retirement
    an early spring
    early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties
  2. being or occurring at an early stage of development

    3. <adj.all>
    in an early stage
    early forms of life
    early man
    an early computer
  3. of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

    4. <adj.all>
    the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C.
    Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700
[ adv ]
  1. during an early stage

    2. <adv.all>
    early on in her career
  2. before the usual time or the time expected

    3. <adv.all>
    she graduated early
    the house was completed ahead of time
  3. in good time

    4. <adv.all>
    he awoke betimes that morning
[ adj ]
  1. belonging to the distant past

    2. <adj.all>
    the early inhabitants of Europe
    former generations
    in other times
  2. very young

    3. <adj.all>
    at an early age
  3. expected in the near future

    4. <adj.all>
    look for an early end to the negotiations


Early \Ear"ly\ ([~e]r"l[y^]), adv. [OE. erli, erliche, AS.
[=ae]rl[=i]ce; [=ae]r sooner + l[=i]c like. See {Ere}, and
{Like}.]
Soon; in good season; seasonably; betimes; as, come early.

Those that me early shall find me. --Prov. viii.
17.

You must wake and call me early. --Tennyson.


Early \Ear"ly\, a. [Compar. {Earlier} ([~e]r"l[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. {Earliest}.] [OE. earlich. [root]204. See {Early},
adv.]
1. In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season;
prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to
{late}; as, the early bird; an early spring; early fruit.

Early and provident fear is the mother of safety.
--Burke.

The doorsteps and threshold with the early grass
springing up about them. --Hawthorne.

2. Coming in the first part of a period of time, or among the
first of successive acts, events, etc.

Seen in life's early morning sky. --Keble.

The forms of its earlier manhood. --Longfellow.

The earliest poem he composed was in his seventeenth
summer. --J. C.
Shairp.

{Early English} (Philol.) See the Note under {English}.

{Early English architecture}, the first of the pointed or
Gothic styles used in England, succeeding the Norman style
in the 12th and 13th centuries.

Syn: Forward; timely; not late; seasonable.

  1. In early trading in Hong Kong on Friday, gold was quoted at $399.55.
  2. Polish living standards dropped sharply in the early 1980s and still have not climbed back to the level of a decade ago.
  3. In response to the NRC's suspension of its review of Peach Bottom, Philadelphia Electric will submit a management reorganization plan to the agency by early December, the spokesman said.
  4. Rogers began his career in the 1960s performing as a back-up guitarist and later toured as a folk singer. "Through the early and mid '70s, I kept expanding the introductions to my songs," he said.
  5. Light rain fell along the New England coastline early today and a wave of severe thunderstorms lashed the Midwest.
  6. Some women even choose to select the adoptive parents early in the pregnancy and have them accompany her to doctor appointments and act as natural childbirth coaches in the delivery room.
  7. Bond prices, which had been up in early trading, fell in response to the purchasing managers report, and the stock market followed suit.
  8. Stuart B. Rekant, an MCEG executive vice president who masterminded the program, said early last week that the delayed delivery of MCEG movies has created "timing gaps" in payments by overseas distributors.
  9. In an interview with the Washington Post in early October, the secretary said the Fed may be slightly more interested in curbing inflation than the administration is, while the administration may put slightly more emphasis on spurring economic growth.
  10. Even after being questioned about the huge profit margins for the early arms sales to Iran, Adm.
  11. When Haig's presidential star faded early, he declared his support for Senate Republican leader Robert Dole of Kansas.
  12. He said he would open the envelopes early only if there was imminent danger that one juror might drop out or if it appeared that deliberations were getting bogged down.
  13. But Charles I. Clough Jr., chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch & Co., said it might be too early to turn aggressive.
  14. Bush plans to meet with the Senate Democrats at the White House early on Tuesday.
  15. Some opposition leaders say the party is pushing the reforms because it does not have a strong candidate to run for president when Roh's five-year term expires in early 1993.
  16. In the early 1970s, the report said, Americans ate an average of 151 pounds of red meat annually on a per capita basis, and about 49 pounds of poultry.
  17. Its trade-weighted effective exchange rate is higher than during the second half of 1991 and early 1992.
  18. Talks with Michigan Bell resumed Tuesday, and continued early Wednesday, said spokesmen for the utility and the union.
  19. Responded Anderson: "They're also paying lower than any other hospitals in the area." The agreement was reached early Thursday after negotiators sat through two consecutive, 17-hour bargaining sessions.
  20. But he said it was "too early to say" whether those nations would abandon socialism.
  21. The Senate tried to save the part of the plan that extended Medicare to cover long hospital stays, but the House insisted on total repeal and, in the legislative equivalent of an across-the-Capitol arm wrestle, the House won early Wednesday.
  22. Dealers attributed the higher stock market start to dollar selling on a news report that Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party might lose an election for the powerful lower house of Parliament early next year.
  23. He spent most of the early part of his career in a variety of engineering and management positions with General Electric Co.'s aircraft-engine businesses.
  24. Starting late next year, it aims to set up a demonstration of interactive multimedia and by early 1995 to create an interactive multimedia service available throughout the US.
  25. In the early 1980s, Ford reached a $23 million EEOC settlement and GM a $44.5 million settlement, both for discrimination against women and minorities.
  26. Two injured children remained in critical condition early Sunday.
  27. Pitney Bowes Inc., a leading maker of business machines in Stamford, Conn., helped pioneer flexible working hours to accommodate working parents, allowing them to arrive early some days and leave early on others.
  28. Pitney Bowes Inc., a leading maker of business machines in Stamford, Conn., helped pioneer flexible working hours to accommodate working parents, allowing them to arrive early some days and leave early on others.
  29. Bombs rocked two ministries and the buildings housing the nation's industrialist and labor unions early Tuesday in downtown Athens, police said.
  30. As the horde of loafing jurors swelled, Ethel started dismissing groups of us, selected by lot, a whole week early.
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