单词 | early |
释义 | early /'3:li; 'sk/ (-ier, -iest) adj, adv near to the beginning of a period of time, sooner than usual or than others: 早; 初; 初期的: in the ~ part of this century; 本世纪的初汇; in ~ spring; 在初春; an ~ breakfast, eg 5 am; 很早的早餐(例如早上五点钟进食者); ~ peaches, ripening ~ in the season; 早熟的桃子; ,— 'closing day, (GB) on which shops, etc are closed during the afternoon. (英)商店等早打洋 (下午打洋)的日子。 He's an ~ riser, gets up at an ~ hour. 他惯于早起。 Please come at your earliest convenience, as soon as it is convenient for you to do so: 得福请尽可能早来。 He keeps ~ hours, gets up, goes to bed, ~. 他早睡早起。 It's better to be too ~ than too late. 太早总比太迟好(不怕早只怕晚)。 Come as ~ as possible. 尽量早来。 The ~ bird gets/catches the worm, (prov) The person who arrives, etc ~ will (probably) succeed. (B) 早起的鸟能捕到虫 (意谓早到等的人可能会成功) 。 ~ days (yet), too soon to tell how sth Will develop, 言之遍早。 earlier on, at an earlier stage. 初时; 在较早南阶段。 Cf 参较 later on at late, (1).) ■ ~- 'warning adj (of radar) giving early indication of the approach of enemy aircraft, missiles, etc: (指雷达) 预先警报的 (可早期指示敌机, 飞弹等之逼近的): an ~-warning system. 预先警报系统。 |
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