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；（果實等）早熟的
adv. 早；在初期；先前；提早
速記方法
速記技巧
詞源詞根法
來自PIE*ayer，早晨，詞源同ere,erstwhile.-ly，形容詞后綴。
知識擴展
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指在某一特定時間過現(xiàn)在之后不久，多用于將來時或過去時，通常放在句末或主要動詞之前；
shortly與soon同義，但比soon更鄭重，常用于新聞報道等。
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，古時候”解。
early在句中可用作狀語，主要修飾動態(tài)動詞，也可修飾名詞或介詞。
重要短語
as early as早在…的時候
early or late遲早
early in早在…的時候
early stage早期，初期
early 變化形式
比較級： earlier
最高級： 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表示:“我認為他在很小的時候就學習中文會很有用。”[機器翻譯，如有錯誤，感謝糾錯]
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)國家睡眠基金會的一項新調(diào)查(調(diào)查)，在上學的夜晚，51%的10到18歲的孩子在晚上10點或更晚睡覺，即使他們必須早起。[機器翻譯，如有錯誤，感謝糾錯]
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:“我只是認為，這是你必須盡早開始的事情，而不是你在高中花幾年時間就能完成的事情。”
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80年代初的一項研究將本科生分為兩組:一組被建議設(shè)定每月目標和學習活動;其他人則被要求每天更詳細地計劃活動和目標。
常見考點例句：
- 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)在考慮大學的事是不是有點早？
- Some aspects of early estimates exaggerated doha 's potential .
- 初期估計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制定者正在逐步流失。