A：When can you effect shipment? I'm terribly worried about late shipment.
      你们什么时候能交货？我非常担心货物迟交。

B：We can effect shipment in December or early next year at the latest.
      我们最晚在今年十二月或明年初交货。

A：That's fine.
      好。

A：Could I trouble you for a minute, Mr. Graham?
      能打扰一下吗，格雷厄姆先生？

B：Sure, Emily. How can I help you?
      没问题，爱米丽。我能帮你什么？

early的解释

A：I would like to leave a few minutes early today. Would that be all right?
      我今天想早走几分钟，可以吗？

B：That’s fine, as long as you can get that report typed up before you leave.
      可以。只要你走之前把那份报告打完就成。

A：It’s time to get up!
      该起床了！

B：I just went to bed!
      我刚刚睡下。

A：You shouldn’t have stayed up so late watching TV. I told you we had to get an early start.
      你不该夜里看电视看得那么晚。我告诉过你我们得清早动身。

early是什么意思

B：I know, but that movie was just too good to leave. I guess I’ll just have to pay the price and be sleepy.
      我知道。但那个影片太吸引人了，不能不看。我想我只得认了，就困倦些吧。

A：Do you want to eat breakfast here?
      你还想在家里吃早饭吗？

early的翻译

B：No. Why don’t we just grab a bite at the coffee shop next door?
      不了，我们干嘛不在隔壁的咖啡馆里吃点东西呢。

A：Okay by me.
      我没意见。

1. （指在通常的时间之前）早,提早,提前
    Early means before the usual time that a particular event or activity happens.

early什么意思

    e.g. I knew I had to get up early...
           我知道我得早起。
    e.g. Why do we have to go to bed so early?
           为什么我们那么早就得上床睡觉？

2. 早期的;初期的
    Early means near the beginning of a day, week, year, or other period of time.

    e.g. ...in the 1970s and the early 1980s.
           在20世纪70年代以及80年代早期
    e.g. ...a few weeks in early summer...
           初夏的几个星期

3. （指在原定或预计的时间之前）早，提早,提前
    Early means before the time that was arranged or expected.

early的近义词

    e.g. She arrived early to secure a place at the front...
           为了能占个靠前的位置，她提早到了。
    e.g. The first snow came a month earlier than usual.
           第一场雪比往年提早了一个月。

4. （历史时期或事物存续期）早期的,初期的
    Early means near the beginning of a period in history, or in the history of something such as the world, a society, or an activity.

early的反义词

    e.g. ...the early stages of pregnancy.
           怀孕初期
    e.g. ...Fassbinder's early films...
           法斯宾德的早期影片

5. （作品、过程等）开始阶段的
    Early means near the beginning of something such as a piece of work or a process.

    e.g. ...the book's early chapters.
           书的开头几章

6. （植物）早开花的，早熟的
    Early refers to plants which flower or crop before or at the beginning of the main season.

    e.g. ...these early cabbages and cauliflowers.
           这些早熟卷心菜和花椰菜

7. （传闻、迹象等）最早的，最初的
    Early reports or indications of something are the first reports or indications about it.

    e.g. The early indications look encouraging...
           开初的迹象看起来令人鼓舞。
    e.g. 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。

8. 早在
    You can use as early as to emphasize that a particular time or period is surprisingly early.

early是什么意思

    e.g. Inflation could fall back into single figures as early as this month.
           通货膨胀率最早有可能在本月就回落至个位数。
    e.g. ...as early as 1838.
           早在1838年

9. 言之过早；为时尚早
    If you say about something that might be true that it is early days, you mean that it is too soon for you to be completely sure about it.

    e.g. The chances of Francis eventually becoming manager of England are perhaps higher. It is early days, of course, and he has yet to win anything.
           弗朗西斯最终成为英格兰队主教练的几率可能更高。当然，现在这样说为时尚早，他还没赢过呢。