earlier

英 [ˈɜːlɪə]

美 [ˈɜrliər]

early 的比较级
adv.  早些时候; 先前; 之前

Collins.4 / BNC.1022

柯林斯词典

• （early的比较级）
  Earlieris the comparative ofearly.
• ADV-COMPAR 早些时候;先前;之前
  Earlieris used to refer to a point or period in time before the present or before the one you are talking about.
  1. As mentioned earlier, the University supplements this information with an interview...
     如前所述，大学将通过面试对这一信息进行补充。
  2. Earlier, it had been hoped to use the indoor track.
     之前曾经希望能使用室内跑道。
  3. ...political reforms announced by the President earlier this year...
     总统于今年早些时候宣布的政治改革
  4. Many years earlier, Grundy had given The Beatles their first television break.
     多年以前，格伦迪给了甲壳虫乐队第一次在电视上亮相的机会。
  5. Earlieris also an adjective.
     
  6. Earlier reports of gunshots have not been substantiated.
     早先有关枪击的那些报道尚未得到证实。

英英释义

adj

• (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than
  1. a fashion popular in earlier times
  2. his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher
  3. Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera
  Synonym:earliest

adv

• earlier in time
  1. I had known her before
  2. as I said before
  3. he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier
  4. her parents had died four years earlier
  5. I mentioned that problem earlier
  Synonym:before
• before now
  1. why didn't you tell me in the first place?
  Synonym:in the first placein the beginningto begin withoriginally
• comparatives of `soon' or `early'
  1. Come a little sooner, if you can
  2. came earlier than I expected
  Synonym:sooner

双语例句

• His comments appeared to contradict remarks made earlier in the day by the chairman
  他的意见似乎和当天早些时候主席所说的相矛盾。
• The text varies from the earlier versions
  这一文本与较早的版本有些不同。
• Some of Naomi's earlier writings have been rediscovered in the 1980s and 1990s
  娜奥米的一些早期作品在20世纪80年代和90年代被重新发掘出来。
• The Foreign Secretary's remarks clarify an ambiguous statement issued earlier this week.
  外交大臣的话对本周较早时候发表的一份模棱两可的声明作出了澄清。
• She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier
  她几周前给他写过一个便条。
• As mentioned earlier, the University supplements this information with an interview
  如前所述，大学将通过面试对这一信息进行补充。
• She had earlier resigned her post as President Menem's assistant
  她早些时候辞去了梅内姆总统助理一职。
• I knew she had some fundamental problems in her marriage because she had confided in me a year earlier
  我知道她的婚姻存在一些根本性的问题，早在一年前她就向我倾诉过。
• The first snow came a month earlier than usual.
  第一场雪比往年提早了一个月。
• A few days earlier somebody had rear-ended him.
  几天之前他的车被人追尾了。