英:[ɔːlˈredi]
美:[ɔːlˈredi]
英:[ɔːlˈredi]
美:[ɔːlˈredi]
adv.
已经
早已
(表惊奇)都
al·read·y
awl re di
adverb
by or before this time or that time; previously.I don't feel like watching that movie because I've already seen it.By the time I reached the station, the train had already left.
from an earlier time.I already have a good coat, so I don't need another one.I already knew what I wanted, so I was ready to order.
so soon.Are you done with your work already?
all ready准备好的(作表语)。如:We were all ready to leave when the telephone rang.
already已经(副词)。如:The plane had already landed before we got to the airport.
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约于1300年,“in a state of readiness”(一种形容词意义,现已过时),字面意思是“完全准备好的”,是 all ready 的缩写; 参见 all 和 ready(形容词)。与挪威语、丹麦语 allerede “already”相比。作为副词,“在此之前,指定时间之前”,14世纪晚期。在美国的口语中,作为终止语强调使用(如 enough, already!),始见于1903年,翻译自意义相同的意第绪语 shoyn。这种模式也在宾夕法尼亚德语和南非语中得到证实。
已经,早已
Middle English al redy, from al redy, adjective, wholly ready, from al all + redy ready
The first known use of already was in the 14th century
alterationnoun
the act or process of altering
the state of being altered
the result of altering : modification
alterationnoun
the act or process of altering
the state of being altered
the result of altering : modification
alterverb
to change partly but usually not completely
alter a dress
castrate, spay
alterverb
to change partly but usually not completely
alter a dress
castrate, spay
alterverb
to change partly but usually not completely
alter a dress
castrate, spay
altarnoun
a raised place on which sacrifices are offered
a platform or table used as a center of worship
alsoadverb
likewise sense 1
in addition : too
alrightadverb or adjective
all right
alreadyadverb
before a certain time : by the time
I had already left when you called
1 The great house was still and dark, even though it was already an hour past sunrise.
2 From where I sit, this looks like the case of a man who—maybe he didn't really want to be there in the first place, maybe he was already having second thoughts.
3 That fierce surge I felt a few moments ago has already left me.
4 You're not leaving already, are you?
你已经不打算走了,是不是?
5 The building was already burning fiercely and he knew that in addition to five cows, the O’Learys had a calf and a horse in there.
6 Sima, the daughter of an exile, and the granddaughter of an exile, came home already knowing her fate.
7 He tosses it to me like always, but it bumps the one I already have and spills on my tray.
8 “She knows too much already,” snapped Aunt Ivy.
9 I guess he probably already knows everyone, and all their chickens too.
10 I turned to Jenna for support, but she was already tugging off her shirt and jeans.
11 “We can also stop by Gran and Gramps for an early dinner,” Dad says, already reaching for the phone.
12 I looked farther down the car and saw a white couple already seated.
13 And: What do you suppose the already depressed real estate prices would be tomorrow morning?
14 I was doing even worse than usual at school that semester, and they were already talking about holding me back if I didn’t improve.
15 The second interesting thing is that, of course, as seniors they must have already known where the health center was, and doubtless had visited it several times already.
16 I already had quite a few things packed.
17 Possibly he was already hanging out in somebody’s home, although they knew for sure it wasn’t the home of either his wife or his lawyer.
18 “My partner’s away, so Eisen already did my exam,” says Tats.
19 Then he unrolled and clipped together four small cylinders of paper which had already flopped out of the pneumatic tube on the right-hand side of his desk.
20 Dad's already gone by the time I get up.
2 立即
immediate instant on-the-spot right fast directly straight instantly momentarily forthwith on the nail at the drop of a hat off the top of your head on the spot right off in no time like magic straight off without further ado
4 用于否定句或疑问句
5 够了
6 马上
right quickly directly instantly promptly forthwith pdq whereupon this now immediately in two shakes off the top of your head right now in a moment right off any moment in no time any day now this instant instantaneous presto hubba-hubba away shortly summarily PDQ incontinently at a word on the instant with whip and spur with a run right straight right on end in nothing flat off the reel on the knocker right away here and now first off off the bat on a dime