Early

(adj.) at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; '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' .

(adj.) being or occurring at an early stage of development; 'in an early stage'; 'early forms of life'; 'early man'; 'an early computer' .

(adj.) of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; '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' .

(adj.) very young; 'at an early age' .

(adj.) expected in the near future; 'look for an early end to the negotiations' .

(adj.) belonging to the distant past; 'the early inhabitants of Europe'; 'former generations'; 'in other times' .

(adv.) before the usual time or the time expected; 'she graduated early'; 'the house was completed ahead of time'.

(adv.) in good time; 'he awoke betimes that morning'.

哈里特编辑

• As a walking companion, Emma had very early foreseen how useful she might find her. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• A departure was early made in the matter of strengthening the ribs of oak to better meet the strains from the rough seas. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• As in everything else, it has taken time to overcome the faults of the early trucks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Then, collecting himself, he added in his usual tone, And what may it be your pleasure to want at so early an hour with the poor Jew? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• One of the most important of the early inventions in the textile art was the _cotton gin_. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Oh, at six o'clock: he keeps early hours in the country. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It was still early enough to catch the morning train. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro', where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I rose early, but felt unusually melancholy. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I must go to bed early. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The electrical features of the 1882 locomotive were very similar to those of the earlier one, already described. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Even in 1847 few of these things had lost their novelty, most of them were in the earlier stages of development. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I arrived four hours earlier than my appointment. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Warren was not aware of his presence, but probably supposed it was the cavalry which Merritt had engaged earlier in the day. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The earlier aviators had found that two planes, or double-deckers, gave the best results. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• And now I am brought to a little piece of news, my dearest, that I might have told you earlier in the evening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• All of this is very reminiscent of the religious and political state of affairs in Greece fourteen centuries earlier. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Galileo determined to study the laws of mechanics by experiment, and not, as so many earlier scientists had done, by argument or mere theoretical opinions. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It was the room in which, six months earlier, the merry Christmas party had met, to which Eustacia came secretly and as a stranger. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The second book begins with an account of different philosophic al views concerning the origin of matter, and a discussion of the earliest dwellings of man. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Among the earliest fire-arms of this period one was invented which was a breech-loader and revolver. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The Egyptians were the earliest and greatest agriculturists, and from them the art was learned by the Greeks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Haak from the German Palatinate was one of the earliest Fellows of the Society, and is even credited by Wallis wit h being the first to suggest the meetings of 1645. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I have come hither, Rebecca insisted, with a stamp of her foot, to say farewell to my dearest and earliest friend. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Inform me at the earliest practicable day of the time when you will embark, and such plans as may then be matured. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The earliest rival of the Remington was the Caligraph, made by the American Writing Machine Co. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• For instance, in the very earliest days of electric lighting, the safe insulation of two bare wires fastened together was a serious problem that was solved by him. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The passengers do not turn out at unseasonable hours, as they used to, to get the earliest possible glimpse of strange foreign cities. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Long ago, when he had been famous among his earliest competitors as a youth of great promise, he had followed his father to the grave. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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