| 单词 | early |
| 释义 | early adjectiveverbs | adverb | preposition verbs➤be, feel, seem早；感觉早；似乎早adverb➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.极其／相当／非常早▸➤awfully过分早◆you're here awfully early, aren't you?你来得太早了，不是吗？➤a little, slightly, etc.有点儿／略有些早◆i'm sorry i'm a little early.对不起，我来得早了点儿。➤relatively较早▸➤surprisingly, unusually出奇地早◆these discoveries were made at a surprisingly early date.这些发现早得出奇。➤ridiculously不可思议地早◆i have to get up ridiculously early.我必须早得离谱就起来。preposition➤for对⋯来说早◆it's a little early for lunch.吃午饭还早了点儿。➤in在⋯早期◆he discovered these pleasures early in life.他早年的时候就发现了这些乐趣。 early /ɜːli; name ɜːrli/ adjective (earlier, earliest) ●at your earliest convenience (only used in written english 只用于书面英语) as soon as possible 尽快；尽早◆please telephone at your earliest convenience. 请尽早打电话。☞ early early adjectiveearly ♦︎ on time ♦︎ punctual ♦︎ prompt ♦︎ on the dotthese words all describe sb/sth that arrives or happens before or at the usual or arranged time.这些词均表示早到的、提前的或准时的。patterns and collocations 句型和搭配◆to be early / punctual for sth◆very / always early / punctual / prompt■ early arriving or happening before the usual or arranged time早到的；提前的；提早的◆you're early! i wasn't expecting you till seven.你来得真早！我还以为你 7 点才到呢。◆the bus was ten minutes early.公共汽车早到了 10 分钟。◆we had an early breakfast.我们早饭吃得早。◆let's make an early start tomorrow.我们明天一早就出发吧。◆she's an early riser (= she gets up early in the morning).她起得早。◆he learned to play the piano at an early age.他从小就学习弹钢琴。opp late → late ▸ early adverb◆i arrived a few minutes early for my interview.我面试早到了几分钟。◆the baby arrived earlier than expected.婴儿早产了。■ on time -->phrasearriving at the arranged or correct time; not late按时的；准时的◆please try to be on time in future.以后请准时。◆the train arrived right on time.火车正点到达。 opp late → late ■ punctual /pʌŋktʃuəl/ (rather formal) arriving or happening at the arranged or correct time; not late按时的；准时的；守时的◆always be punctual for an interview.参加面试一定要守时。◆punctual attendance at all classes is required.所有的课都必须准时出席。opp late → late ▸ punctuality /pʌŋktʃuæləti/ noun [uncountable] ◆he insists on regular attendance and punctuality.他坚持要求不能缺勤，并且要准时。▸ punctually adverb◆they always pay punctually.他们一向按时付款。■ prompt [not before noun] arriving at the right time; acting without delay准时的；迅速的；立即行动的◆please be prompt when attending these meetings.请准时出席这些会议。◆ (bre) he's prompt to criticize but not so ready to do any work himself.他批评别人毫不犹豫，自己干起事来可没那么利落。▸ prompt adverb◆the meeting will begin at ten o'clock prompt.会议将于 10 点钟准时开始。▸ promptly adverb◆they arrived promptly at two o'clock.他们 2 点钟准时到达了。◆she deals with all the correspondence promptly and efficiently.她迅速高效地处理所有往来信件。■ on the dot -->idiom (informal) exactly on time; at the exact time mentioned准时；在指定时刻◆the taxi showed up on the dot.出租车准时到了。◆ (name) breakfast is served at 8 right on the dot.8 点整开早饭。◆ (bre) please tell him i'll call him on the dot of twelve.请转告他我 12 点整会给他打电话。 earlyarriving or happening before the usual or arranged time早到的；提前的；提早的◆you're early! i wasn't expecting you till seven.你来得真早！我还以为你 7 点才到呢。◆the bus was ten minutes early.公共汽车早到了 10 分钟。◆we had an early breakfast.我们早饭吃得早。◆let's make an early start tomorrow.我们明天一早就出发吧。◆she's an early riser (= she gets up early in the morning).她起得早。◆he learned to play the piano at an early age.他从小就学习弹钢琴。opp late → late ▸ early adverb◆i arrived a few minutes early for my interview.我面试早到了几分钟。◆the baby arrived earlier than expected.婴儿早产了。earlyadverb◆i arrived a few minutes early for my interview.我面试早到了几分钟。◆the baby arrived earlier than expected.婴儿早产了。earlyadverb◆i arrived a few minutes early for my interview.我面试早到了几分钟。◆the baby arrived earlier than expected.婴儿早产了。early/ˈɜ:li ||; ˈɝlɪ/adj adv(earlier;earliest) 1. near the beginning of a period of time, a piece of work, a series, etc 早期的；在早期；初期: ◇i have to get up early on weekday mornings. 星期一到星期五，我每天都要早起床。◇i think john's in his early twenties. 我认为约翰才二十出头。◇the project is still in its early stages. 计划仍在初步阶段。 2. before the usual or expected time 提早: ◇she arrived five minutes early for her interview. 她为了面试早到了五分钟。 at the earliest not before the date or time mentioned 最早: ◇i can repair it by friday at the earliest. 我最早也要星期五才能修理好。 it's early days (yet) used to say that it is too soon to know how a situation will develop 为时尚早 the early hours very early in the morning in the hours after midnight 凌晨 an early/a late night→nightearly on soon after the beginning 开始后不久: ◇he achieved fame early on in his career. 他出道不久就成名了。 an early riser a person who usually gets up early in the morning 习惯早起的人early1 before the usual or expected time2 too early3 early in the morningrelated wordsoppositelate,see alsobefore,beginning,first,soon,1. before the usual or expected time 早于往常的时间或预计的时间 early /ˈɜːʳli/ [adjective/adverb] if something happens early, it happens before the usual time or the most suitable time; if someone is early, they arrive before the time they are expected to 早［的］，提早［的］ i finished work early today. 今天我很早完工。 if you plant the seeds too early they won't grow. 种子如果播得太早就不会生长。 after an early lunch, we started the meeting at one o'clock. 我们早早地吃过午饭，1点钟开始开会。 everyone was deeply shocked by his early death at the age of forty-five. 他45岁就不幸早逝，大家都深感震惊。be early (for something) arrive early 早到，提早 you're early - i wasn't expecting you till seven. 你来得早—我以为你要到7点才来呢。 i'm sorry, i'm a bit early for my appointment. 对不起，我比约好的时间早来了一点。seven months/three days etc early seven months/three days etc earlier than expected 提早七个月/三天等 our first child was born eight weeks early. 我们的第一个孩子早产了八周。 ahead of time /əˌhed əv ˈtaɪm/ [adverb] earlier than the time when you have arranged or expect to do something 提前［早于安排或预期的时间］ we will try to complete the building ahead of time. 我们将争取让大楼提前竣工。 visas must be obtained ahead of time, and it may take several weeks to get them in order. 签证必须提前取得，有时候要好几个星期才能办好。 you can always prepare the salad ahead of time and refrigerate it. 沙拉总是可以提前做好放在冰箱里。 ahead of schedule /əˌhed əv ˈʃedʒuːlǁ-ˈskedjʊl/ [adverb] earlier than the officially agreed time ［比正式计划］提前地 due to the economy's strong recovery, mexico will repay ahead of schedule the last installment of a $13.5 billion loan. 由于经济强劲恢复，墨西哥将提前偿还135亿美元贷款的最后一期。six months/two weeks/a year etc ahead of schedule the renovation of the school has just been completed three months ahead of schedule. 学校的整修刚刚完工，比原计划提前了三个月。 in good time /ɪn ˌgʊd ˈtaɪm/ [adverb] early enough, so that you do not have to rush, or so that you have time to get ready 及早地，早早地 i like to get all my christmas presents bought and sent in good time. 我喜欢早早地买好全部圣诞礼物然后送出去。in good time for it is important to arrive in good time for your interview. 面试时一定要及早赶到。 with time to spare /wɪð ˌtaɪm tə ˈspeəʳ/ [adverb] if you arrive somewhere or finish something with time to spare, you arrive or finish before the time when you have to arrive or finish ［到达某地或完成某事时］还有时间多余 in spite of the bad traffic, we reached london with plenty of time to spare. 尽管交通很不顺畅，我们到达伦敦时还是早了不少时间。with ten minutes/half an hour etc to spare i finished the test with just two minutes to spare two minutes before the end. 我答完考题后只剩下两分钟时间。2. too early 太早 too early /tuː ˈɜːʳli/ [adverb] too much success too early can cause you to grow overconfident. 过早取得太多成功会使你变得过分自信。too early to do something it's still too early to tell if the treatment is going to be effective. 现在讲这种疗法是否有效还为时过早。too early for there aren't any raspberries in the stores yet. it's too early for them. 商店里还没有覆盆子。现在季节还太早。far/way too early much too early 太早 we arrived far too early and had to wait outside for an hour. 我们到得太早，只得在外面等了一小时。 too soon /tuː ˈsuːn/ [adverb] happening too early after something else, or doing something much earlier than you should 过早地；太快地 i don't think you should go back to work too soon after having the baby. 我觉得你生了孩子不应太快回去上班。too soon to do something it's too soon to say what effect the merger will have on the company's 1500 employees 说合并会对公司的1，500名雇员产生什么样的影响，现在还为时过早。too soon for i knew it was too soon for any likely resolution of the problem. 我知道现在还早，这个问题不可能有解决办法。far/way too soon much too soon 太快 you can't get married next week! that's far too soon. 你不能下周就结婚！那也太快了。 lendl hit the ball way too soon. 伦德尔太早击球了。 untimely /ʌnˈtaɪmli/ [adjective usually before noun] written untimely death/end much earlier than usual or expected, so that people are surprised by it 过早死亡/结束 before his untimely death in 1991, freddie mercury was a brilliant singer and performer. 1991年弗雷迪·默丘里英年早逝，之前他是一位杰出的歌手及表演者。meet an untimely end die early 过早逝世 his grandfather had met an untimely end as the result of too much whisky. 他的祖父因为过量饮用威士忌而早逝。 premature /ˈpremətʃəʳ, -tʃʊəʳ, ˌpreməˈtʃʊəʳǁˌpriːməˈtʃʊər◂/ [adjective] happening before the normal or natural time ［比正常时间］提早的，过早的 premature death/birth/ageing alcoholism is one of the major causes of premature death. 酗酒是早逝的主要原因之一。 it has been proved that sunbathing causes premature ageing of the skin. 日光浴已被证明会引起皮肤早衰。premature baby a baby that is born before the normal time 早产婴儿 her baby was premature and weighed only 2kg. 她的孩子早产，体重只有两公斤。 prematurely [adverb] hannah's hair went prematurely grey when she was only 24. 汉娜才24岁的时候头发就过早地变灰白了。 jump the gun /ˌdʒʌmp ðə ˈgʌn/ [verb phrase] informal to do or say something too early, before you know what is going to happen next, so that you risk making a mistake 【非正式】操之过急，过早行动 i think it would be jumping the gun to sign the agreement at this stage. 我认为这个阶段签约是操之过急。 surely it's jumping the gun to buy the ring before you've even asked her to marry you? 你甚至还没有向她求婚就买了戒指，想必也太操之过急了吧？ it's early days /ɪts ˌɜːʳli ˈdeɪz/ british if you say it's early days, you mean that it is still too early in a process or event to know what will happen 【英】为时还过早 it's still early days, but all the signs are that the operation has been a success. 现在说还太早，但一切迹象都显示手术很成功。it's early days yet ‘it looks like liverpool are going to win the championship.’ ‘oh i don't know. it's early days yet.’ “看来利物浦队将赢得冠军。”“噢，我不知道，现在说还太早。”3. early in the morning 一大早 early /ˈɜːʳli/ [adjective/adverb] early in the morning 一大早的［地］ i always wake up early when the weather's warm. 天气暖和的时候我总是起得很早。 early the next day, jamie received a call from his mother. 第二天一早，杰米接到他母亲打来的一个电话。make an early start start an activity or journey early in the morning 一大早就开始［出发］ if we make an early start we should avoid the worst of the traffic. 我们如果一早出发应该能避开糟糕的交通高峰。in the early hours during the first hours of the day, when most people are asleep 凌晨时分 the robbery took place in the early hours of sunday morning. 抢劫案在星期天的凌晨时分发生。early bird someone who gets up early in the morning 早起的人 jack was always an early bird; he did a lot of his work before dawn. 杰克一向是个早起的人，天没亮就干了不少活。 first thing /ˌfɜːʳst ˈθɪŋ/ [adverb] especially spoken if you do something first thing, you do it immediately after you get up or as soon as you start work 【尤口】一起床；一上班［做某事］ i'll telephone her first thing, i promise. 我保证第一件事就是给她打电话。first thing tomorrow/wednesday/in the morning etc leave it on my desk and i'll deal with it first thing tomorrow. 放在我的桌子上吧，明天一早我就来处理。 at the crack of dawn /ət ðə ˌkræk əv ˈdɔːn/ [adverb] informal use this to emphasize that something happens very early in the morning, when most people are still in bed 【非正式】天刚亮，一大早［用于强调某事在大清早就发生］ my dad used to get up at the crack of dawn every sunday to go fishing. 我爸爸以前每个星期天都天一亮就起来去钓鱼。 bright and early /ˌbraɪt ənd ˈɜːʳli/ [adverb] if you get up bright and early, you get up very early in the morning, especially because there is something that you want to do 一大早［起床，尤指因为有事要做］ geoffrey was up bright and early on saturday morning, and had everything packed before breakfast. 杰弗里星期六一大早就起床，在吃早餐之前把所有的东西都收拾好了。 waking bright and early, i went for a swim and took the dog for a walk. 我一大早就醒了，去游了个泳，然后带着狗去散步。☞ early¹☞ early² |
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