early 核心詞議:
adj. 早期的,初期的;提早的,提前的
adv. 在早期,在初期;提早,提前
early 基本解釋
adj. 早的;早期的;早日的;(果實(shí)等)早熟的
adv. 早;在初期;先前;提早
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詞源詞根法
來自PIE*ayer,早晨,詞源同ere,erstwhile.-ly,形容詞后綴。
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詞語辨析
early,quick,shortly,soon
這組詞的共同意思是“不久”“即刻”“快”。其區(qū)別在于:
early常指時(shí)間比原來或通常早些;
quick含有匆忙、倉促之意;
soon指在某一特定時(shí)間過現(xiàn)在之后不久,多用于將來時(shí)或過去時(shí),通常放在句末或主要?jiǎng)釉~之前;
shortly與soon同義,但比soon更鄭重,常用于新聞報(bào)道等。
例如:You have to think quick with the mind and act quick with the body.你必須腦子轉(zhuǎn)得快,行動(dòng)也得快。
I came early,and had to wait for others,but soon after five o?clock they appeared.我來得早,得等其他人,可是剛過5點(diǎn)他們就都來了。
Shortly after that,the police arrived.那事情發(fā)生不久警察就到了。
單詞解說
early用作副詞意思是“早;先;提早”,也可作“在初期,在早期”“從前,古時(shí)候”解。
early在句中可用作狀語,主要修飾動(dòng)態(tài)動(dòng)詞,也可修飾名詞或介詞。
重要短語
as early as早在…的時(shí)候
early or late遲早
early in早在…的時(shí)候
early stage早期,初期
early 變化形式
比較級(jí): earlier
最高級(jí): earliest
易混淆的單詞: Early
中文詞源:
early 早的
來自PIE*ayer, 早晨,詞源同ere, erstwhile. -ly, 形容詞后綴。
early
精選例句
1、 "I thought it would be useful for him to learn Chinese at an early age" Joseph Stocke, the managing director of a company, says of his 2-year old son.
一家公司的董事總經(jīng)理約瑟夫?斯托克(Joseph Stocke)在談到他兩歲的兒子時(shí)表示:“我認(rèn)為他在很小的時(shí)候就學(xué)習(xí)中文會(huì)很有用。”[機(jī)器翻譯,如有錯(cuò)誤,感謝糾錯(cuò)]
2、 According to a new survey (調(diào)查) by the national sleep foundation, 51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights, even though they have to get up early.
根據(jù)國(guó)家睡眠基金會(huì)的一項(xiàng)新調(diào)查(調(diào)查),在上學(xué)的夜晚,51%的10到18歲的孩子在晚上10點(diǎn)或更晚睡覺,即使他們必須早起。[機(jī)器翻譯,如有錯(cuò)誤,感謝糾錯(cuò)]
1、 "Nationwide, only about three percent of early childhood teachers are male in the US.
在全美范圍內(nèi),只有3%的幼兒教師是男性。
1、 “I just think it's something you have to start early and not just have something that you do for a couple of years in high school,”he says.
他說:“我只是認(rèn)為,這是你必須盡早開始的事情,而不是你在高中花幾年時(shí)間就能完成的事情。”
1、 Tim Harford, author of Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives, points to a study in the early 1980s that divided undergraduates into two groups: some were advised to set out monthly goals and study activities; others were told to plan activities and goals in much more detail, day by day.
《凌亂:無序的力量改變我們的生活》一書的作者蒂姆·哈福德指出,20世紀(jì)80年代初的一項(xiàng)研究將本科生分為兩組:一組被建議設(shè)定每月目標(biāo)和學(xué)習(xí)活動(dòng);其他人則被要求每天更詳細(xì)地計(jì)劃活動(dòng)和目標(biāo)。
常見考點(diǎn)例句:
- These early encounters are wonderfully funny .
- 這些早期的沖突非常有趣。
- Is it too early to think about college ?
- 現(xiàn)在考慮大學(xué)的事是不是有點(diǎn)早?
- Some aspects of early estimates exaggerated doha 's potential .
- 初期估計(jì)的某些方面夸大了多哈談判的潛力。
- Early retirement also seemed kinder than mass lay-offs .
- 提早退休似乎比大范圍的失業(yè)更加仁慈。
- The early adopters and trend setters are moving away .
- 早期的采用者和趨勢(shì)制定者正在逐步流失。