early 核心词议：
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 基本解释
adj. 早的；早期的；早日的；（果实等）早熟的
adv. 早；在初期；先前；提早
速记方法
速记技巧
词源词根法
来自PIE*ayer，早晨，词源同ere,erstwhile.-ly，形容词后缀。
知识扩展
词语辨析
early,quick,shortly,soon
这组词的共同意思是“不久”“即刻”“快”。其区别在于：
early常指时间比原来或通常早些；
quick含有匆忙、仓促之意；
soon指在某一特定时间过现在之后不久，多用于将来时或过去时，通常放在句末或主要动词之前；
shortly与soon同义，但比soon更郑重，常用于新闻报道等。
例如：You have to think quick with the mind and act quick with the body.你必须脑子转得快，行动也得快。
I came early,and had to wait for others,but soon after five oˈclock they appeared.我来得早，得等其他人，可是刚过5点他们就都来了。
Shortly after that,the police arrived.那事情发生不久警察就到了。
单词解说
early用作副词意思是“早；先；提早”，也可作“在初期，在早期”“从前，古时候”解。
early在句中可用作状语，主要修饰动态动词，也可修饰名词或介词。
重要短语
as early as早在…的时候
early or late迟早
early in早在…的时候
early stage早期，初期
early 变化形式
比较级： earlier
最高级： earliest
易混淆的单词： Early
中文词源：
early 早的
来自PIE*ayer, 早晨，词源同ere, erstwhile. -ly, 形容词后缀。
early
精选例句
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.
一家公司的董事总经理约瑟夫•斯托克(Joseph Stocke)在谈到他两岁的儿子时表示:“我认为他在很小的时候就学习中文会很有用。”[机器翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
2、 According to a new survey (调查) 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.
根据国家睡眠基金会的一项新调查(调查)，在上学的夜晚，51%的10到18岁的孩子在晚上10点或更晚睡觉，即使他们必须早起。[机器翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
1、 "Nationwide, only about three percent of early childhood teachers are male in the US.
在全美范围内，只有3%的幼儿教师是男性。
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.
他说:“我只是认为，这是你必须尽早开始的事情，而不是你在高中花几年时间就能完成的事情。”
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.
《凌乱:无序的力量改变我们的生活》一书的作者蒂姆·哈福德指出，20世纪80年代初的一项研究将本科生分为两组:一组被建议设定每月目标和学习活动;其他人则被要求每天更详细地计划活动和目标。
常见考点例句：
- These early encounters are wonderfully funny .
- 这些早期的冲突非常有趣。
- Is it too early to think about college ?
- 现在考虑大学的事是不是有点早？
- Some aspects of early estimates exaggerated doha 's potential .
- 初期估计的某些方面夸大了多哈谈判的潜力。
- Early retirement also seemed kinder than mass lay-offs .
- 提早退休似乎比大范围的失业更加仁慈。
- The early adopters and trend setters are moving away .
- 早期的采用者和趋势制定者正在逐步流失。