earlier
adv.早期（地），初期（地）
网络早些；早前；早；早期
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。
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2 . The first snow came a month earlier than usual.
第一场雪比往年提早了一个月。
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3 . She had written him a note a couple of weeks earlier .
她几周前给他写过一个便条。
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4 . Scarborough Council commissioned geological experts earlier this year to survey the cliffs.
斯卡伯勒市政会在今年早些时候委托地质专家对这些悬崖进行勘测。
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5 . A few days earlier he had received a telegram from Lord Lloyd.
几天前，他收到劳埃德勋爵发来的一封电报。
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1.(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early;
a fashion popular in earlier times
2.earlier in time; previously;
I had known her before
3.comparatives of `soon' or `early';
Come a little sooner, if you can
4.before now;
why didn't you tell me in the first place?