early

1 The maiden test flights into nearby space a few months earlier had been successful, but because we’re now leaving so suddenly, this will be the first interstellar journey.

2 I stare at the drawing I did earlier of myself as the Grim Reaper, the blade of my scythe reading “LOVE.”

3 On weekdays, most men and the working women dispersed in the early mornings to places of work that were too far from home to get to on foot.

4 “Short segments of the road had been observed by earlier explorers，” Bown said，“but they failed to realize its significance or follow up on their observations

鲍恩说：“公路的一些路段曾经被早期的探测者进行观测，但是他们并没有发现它的重大意义并继续进行观测。”

5 The California supreme court agreed and overturned the earlier guilty verdict.

6 “The roads will open in a day or two. We will leave early so we can stop in Abba and then get to Nsukka before dark.”

7 Ged slept that night aboard Shadow, and early in the morning parted with those first sea-comrades of his, they shouting good wishes cheerily after him as he went up the docks.

8 It was early morning, and the road was quiet as the two boys ventured forth.

9 Charlie Small had no need to caution me against being late; I was so anxious to be there, I’d arrive an hour early.

10 Of Eratosthenes’ parentage and early life, our sources are almost silent.

11 The sickness had been entrenched in the building since early October, and it was now the middle of November.

12 “We always leave early in the morning,” he answered.

13 I wanted to stay at Valley Forge and attend its junior college, which would allow me to go through the early commissioning process, receive my associate’s degree, and become a second lieutenant in the Army.

14 Jule grabbed a pile of clothes she’d laid out earlier and hung them up on the hook next to the outdoor shower.

15 You know how I like to—get on early.

16 “I didn’t want to demoralize you too early in the game.”

17 When we leave our motel room early in the morning, the air outside smells like snow, even though there isn’t a cloud in the sky.

18 My earliest memory is of sitting outside our hut.

19 Thus, the developmental sequence of uses for alphabetic writing was the reverse of that for the earlier systems of logograms and syllabaries.

20 I was just happy that the fight we’d had earlier seemed to be forgotten.

1 提早的

premature

2 最初的

initial

3 一大早

first thing

4 马上

p.d.q. prompt instanter now right soon directly immediately straight shortly instantly forthwith without more ado bang off in less than no time on the knocker at once in a moment this moment in no time in short order right off the bat

5 先前

previous prior antecedent erstwhile former previous fore aforetime already formerly beforetime ci-devant afore-

6 最初

initial initially first primigenial primogenial principial first original primary initial prime premiere primal primordial liminal princeps originally primarily alpha at the first brush

7 提早

advance betimes ahead of time ahead premature

8 幼稚

tender juvenile rude naive childish infantile puerile babyish jejune naivety

9 过去的

bypast forepassed old past secondary elder gone wasted bygone departed passed far-off onetime preterit overpassed

10 很久以前

remote prehistoric langsyne way back

11 在初期

early on

12 初

opening beginning

13 古代的

old ancient primeval antique archaic grey ancient gray antique archaic horse-and-buggy

14 即刻

immediate instantaneous away momentarily this moment

15 适时

timely well-timed pat

16 近日

odd-come-short one of these days

17 提前的

premature

18 初期

initial infant primitive pristine nascent primeval incipient germinal inchoate primaeval incunabula fresh beginning youth prime childhood embryo infancy springtime Model T young prehistory early days morning early-term alpha seed primary inception

19 前面的

front precedent foregoing frontal fore in front last old anterior ventral antecedent foregone

20 早班

morning watch

21 在早期

early on early doors in its infancy

22 在前的

prior precedent

23 在开始阶段

early doors early on

24 古时候的

antique

25 早的

forward prime beforehand matutinal young forward rathe

26 前面

last old anterior foregoing frontal ventral antecedent front frontage obverse foregone

27 过去

bypast forepassed old past secondary elder gone wasted bygone departed passed far-off onetime preterit overpassed by yesterday backward overblow

28 最近的

last next low late recent immediate latter latest up-to-the-minute

29 先

previous prevenient priority pre-

30 早于

ahead predate pre-date before above antedate

31 不久

by just soon tomorrow shortly presently anon

32 不成熟的

juvenile undeveloped underdeveloped callow unformed puerile inchoate babyish jejune unfledged unmatured wet behind the ears

33 早在

way back

34 幼稚的

tender juvenile rude naive childish infantile puerile babyish jejune

35 开始阶段

liminal

36 学龄前的

pre-school

37 早熟

rareripe forward smart accelerated precocious rathe prematurity forwardness precocity precociousness rathe-ripe before time premature rath

38 早期

primitive rudimentary incipient primary primal archaic primeval morning youth oldtimey oldtimy lower pristine youthful infantile earliness nonage springtime lower primitive youthful primeval infantile incipient incunabula nonage incipience early on

39 最近

last next low late recent immediate latter latest up-to-the-minute recently newly lately latterly yesterdayness recency along back in these days

40 早熟的

rareripe forward smart accelerated precocious rathe precocial rathe-ripe premature rath rareripe force-ripe forward premature old-fashioned precocious rathe

41 初期的

initial infant primitive pristine nascent primeval incipient germinal inchoate primaeval Model T young inceptive alpha primary

42 很久以前的

remote prehistoric

43 早期的

old lower primitive incipient rudimentary archaic primeval oldtimey oldtimy pristine youthful infantile lower primitive youthful primeval infantile incipient

44 及时

seasonable betimes in good season JIT timely opportune not before time in good time

45 傍晚

even night sunset

46 很快

double-quick prompt soon readily ere pronto soonish like the clappers like winking in nothing flat fast and furious

47 早

senior rath rathe soon betimes earliness beforehand in good time forward prime matutinal ahead young young air forward rathe ere betimes

48 之前

since

49 早产的

premature preterm

50 提前

premature advancement advance pre-term forward ahead fore- be beforehand with ahead of time ahead behind time before his time before your time before my time put forward

51 早先

early on

52 古代

old ancient primeval antiquity antique archaic grey eld ancientry remote ages ancient gray antique archaic horse-and-buggy antiquity eld ancientry

53 即将

about on the threshold of

54 适时的

timely well-timed

55 近期的

near-term