英['ɜːli]美['ɜːrli]
记忆方法
词源词根法
来自PIE*ayer，早晨，词源同ere,erstwhile.-ly，形容词后缀。
adjective(形容词)
双解例句
adjective(形容词)
小知识
Something that's early happens right at the beginning of some specific time period, or before you expect it to happen. An early party guest shows up before the party starts.
An early riser gets up with the sun every morning, and you might eat an early dinner at five in the evening. If you're in your early twenties, you're closer to 20 than 30, while the early 20th century was the time period before 1950. If a baby comes early, she's born before her expected due date. The Old English source is ?rlice, “early,” which comes from ?r, “soon” or “ere.”
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
词语辨析
early,quick,shortly,soon
这组词的共同意思是“不久”“即刻”“快”。其区别在于：
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。
这组词的共同意思是“不久”“即刻”“快”。其区别在于：
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。
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。
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
early or late迟早
early in早在…的时候
early stage早期，初期
同义词
反义词
adj.早的