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

• In the earlier rounds, Ferguson and Dickinson were the standouts
  在最初的几轮中，弗格森和迪金森表现突出。
• The new system went live earlier this year
  新系统在今年早些时候开始了运行。
• 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。
• A few days earlier somebody had rear-ended him.
  几天之前他的车被人追尾了。
• A major addition to the earlier revisions of the questionnaire is the job requirement exercise.
  之前对问卷的修改主要是增加了一些和工作要求有关的问题。
• Earlier reports that troops opened fire are now being denied.
  有关军队开火的最初传闻现在遭到了否认。
• He reopened ties with Moscow earlier this year
  今年早些时候他重新建立了和莫斯科的联系。
• Many phrases in the last two chapters echo earlier passages
  最后两章中的很多说法是对前面段落的呼应。
• 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。
• 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。