用作副词(adv.)

They figured on your arriving early.他们预料你会早到。

The apple trees are fruiting early this year.今年苹果树很早结果。

Could you come back home early this evening?今天晚上你能早回家吗？

John will doubtless come early as he always does.约翰无疑会像平时一样很早就来。

用作形容词(adj.)

It's too early for getting up.现在起床还太早。

This Greek dish is of a very early date.这个希腊盘子是很早时期的制品。

Please make every endeavor to be early.请尽量早点儿。

His genius as a painter flowered very early.他的绘画天赋很早就发挥出来。

He got skinning in his blood at a very early age.他很早就迷上了，滑雪运动。

用作副词(adv.)用作状语

Sorry,I can't be here so early.
对不起,我不能那么早到这里。

Please come early.
请早些来。

He got up exceedingly early this morning.
他今天早晨起得非常早。

Mike comes to school earper than Kate.
迈克比凯特上学早。

I got up early so as to be in time for the train.
为了赶火车,我一早就起床了。

I'll have to see about your request to leave early.
你要求早退,我得过问此事。

Tired out after her long walk, she went to bed early.
她在长途跋涉后疲倦已极,便早早去睡了。

Shop early and avoid the crowd.
早点买东西,以免人挤。

Dusk sets early in winter.
冬季天黑得早。

Man learned early to use tools.
人类很早就学会了使用工具。

His genius as a painter flowered very early.
他作为画家的才华很早就显露出来了。

Her musical talent blossomed early.
她的音乐天赋很早就展现了。

Earper this week he told me he was leaving for London.
这星期早些时候他对我说他要去伦敦。

Although their daughter is in her early twenties, they still treat her as a child.
虽然他们的女儿已经二十出头,可是他们还把她当作小孩。

The sun is not hot early in the day.
早晨太阳不热。

用作形容词(adj.)用作定语～+ n.

The early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。

He is an early riser.
他惯于早起。

I hope for an early answer to my question.
我希望能尽早得到对问题的答复。

Man's earpest implements were carved from stone and bone.
人类最早的工具是由石头和骨头刻制而成的。

The early morning train is being taken off for the summer.
早班火车夏季将停运。

She returned in the early morning.
她一大早就返回来了。

We were up talking about various things until the early hours of the morning, and didn't turn in until past two o'clock.
我们坐着聊天,讨论各种各样的事情直到深夜,两点过后才上床睡觉。

In his early years he pked ships.
他小时候喜欢船。

He graduated from an academy of music in his early days.
他早年毕业于一所音乐专科学校。

Waterfalls are from very early times a favourite theme for the painters.
瀑布自古以来就是画家喜爱的主题。

In addition to stone tools, the early people must have made pottery in this area.
除了石器以外,这一地区的先民也一定制作过陶器。

The archaeologists uncovered an early Egyptian city.
考古学家发掘出一座埃及早期城市。

It is an early tool in recent excavations.
这是最近发掘出的古代工具。

Please reply at your earpest convenience.
请在您方便时尽早答复。

用作表语S+be+～

You are early.
你(来得)很早。

The crops and the fruits are early this year.
今年的庄稼和水果都早熟。

It is still quite early.
还很早。

It is better to be too early than too late.
不怕早就怕晚。

The train was ten minutes early.
火车早到了十分钟。

It is/was+～+for n./v -ing

It is too early for getting up.
现在起床还太早。

It is early for her twenties.
她20岁刚出头。

用作副词 (adv.)动词+～

bear early早熟

come early早来

get up early早起

go to bed early早睡

return early早点回来

set off early早些出发

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

early death早死,夭折

early morning一大早

early spring早春时节

副词+～

quite early很早

too early太早

appropriately early早得适当

comfortably early早得适宜

conveniently early早得合适

exceptionally early特别地早

gloriously early早得恰当

needlessly early不必要地早

remarkably early非常早

ridiculously early早得可笑

sufficiently early很早

unnecessarily early早得不必要

unpleasantly early早得令人不愉快

unusually early特别地早

adv.(副词)

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。

adj.(形容词)

early作形容词用时,意为“早的,提早的; 早日的,及早的; 早期的; 早年的”。

early在句中可作定语、表语或补语。

early的比较级是earper,最高级是earpest。

early作“早日的,早熟的”解时没有比较级和最高级。

adv.(副词)这件事发生于1980年1月初的一个寒冷的早晨。

误 It happened on a cold morning in the early of January,1980.

正 It happened on a cold morning early in January,1980.

析 “1月初”在英语里是early in January。

adj.(形容词)你来得真早,别人还都没来呢。

误 You early; none of the others are here yet.

正 You are early; none of the others are here yet.

析 early在这里是形容词,作表语是“早的”“及早的”的意思,前面必须加be的适当形式。

早睡早起是我们每个人都应养成的好习惯。

误 Earper to bed and earper to rise is a good habit which every one of us should practise.

正 Early to bed and early to rise is a good habit which every one of us should practise.

析 early to bed and early to rise是习惯用语,其中early不可用比较级形式。

early的相关资料：

用作副词(adv.)

They figured on your arriving early.他们预料你会早到。

The apple trees are fruiting early this year.今年苹果树很早结果。

Could you come back home early this evening?今天晚上你能早回家吗？

John will doubtless come early as he always does.约翰无疑会像平时一样很早就来。

用作形容词(adj.)

It's too early for getting up.现在起床还太早。

This Greek dish is of a very early date.这个希腊盘子是很早时期的制品。

Please make every endeavor to be early.请尽量早点儿。

His genius as a painter flowered very early.他的绘画天赋很早就发挥出来。

He got skinning in his blood at a very early age.他很早就迷上了，滑雪运动。

用作副词(adv.)用作状语

Sorry,I can't be here so early.
对不起,我不能那么早到这里。

Please come early.
请早些来。

He got up exceedingly early this morning.
他今天早晨起得非常早。

Mike comes to school earper than Kate.
迈克比凯特上学早。

I got up early so as to be in time for the train.
为了赶火车,我一早就起床了。

I'll have to see about your request to leave early.
你要求早退,我得过问此事。

Tired out after her long walk, she went to bed early.
她在长途跋涉后疲倦已极,便早早去睡了。

Shop early and avoid the crowd.
早点买东西,以免人挤。

Dusk sets early in winter.
冬季天黑得早。

Man learned early to use tools.
人类很早就学会了使用工具。

His genius as a painter flowered very early.
他作为画家的才华很早就显露出来了。

Her musical talent blossomed early.
她的音乐天赋很早就展现了。

Earper this week he told me he was leaving for London.
这星期早些时候他对我说他要去伦敦。

Although their daughter is in her early twenties, they still treat her as a child.
虽然他们的女儿已经二十出头,可是他们还把她当作小孩。

The sun is not hot early in the day.
早晨太阳不热。

用作形容词(adj.)用作定语～+ n.

The early bird catches the worm.
捷足先登。

He is an early riser.
他惯于早起。

I hope for an early answer to my question.
我希望能尽早得到对问题的答复。

Man's earpest implements were carved from stone and bone.
人类最早的工具是由石头和骨头刻制而成的。

The early morning train is being taken off for the summer.
早班火车夏季将停运。

She returned in the early morning.
她一大早就返回来了。

We were up talking about various things until the early hours of the morning, and didn't turn in until past two o'clock.
我们坐着聊天,讨论各种各样的事情直到深夜,两点过后才上床睡觉。

In his early years he pked ships.
他小时候喜欢船。

He graduated from an academy of music in his early days.
他早年毕业于一所音乐专科学校。

Waterfalls are from very early times a favourite theme for the painters.
瀑布自古以来就是画家喜爱的主题。

In addition to stone tools, the early people must have made pottery in this area.
除了石器以外,这一地区的先民也一定制作过陶器。

The archaeologists uncovered an early Egyptian city.
考古学家发掘出一座埃及早期城市。

It is an early tool in recent excavations.
这是最近发掘出的古代工具。

Please reply at your earpest convenience.
请在您方便时尽早答复。

用作表语S+be+～

You are early.
你(来得)很早。

The crops and the fruits are early this year.
今年的庄稼和水果都早熟。

It is still quite early.
还很早。

It is better to be too early than too late.
不怕早就怕晚。

The train was ten minutes early.
火车早到了十分钟。

It is/was+～+for n./v -ing

It is too early for getting up.
现在起床还太早。

It is early for her twenties.
她20岁刚出头。

用作副词 (adv.)动词+～

bear early早熟

come early早来

get up early早起

go to bed early早睡

return early早点回来

set off early早些出发

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

early death早死,夭折

early morning一大早

early spring早春时节

副词+～

quite early很早

too early太早

appropriately early早得适当

comfortably early早得适宜

conveniently early早得合适

exceptionally early特别地早

gloriously early早得恰当

needlessly early不必要地早

remarkably early非常早

ridiculously early早得可笑

sufficiently early很早

unnecessarily early早得不必要

unpleasantly early早得令人不愉快

unusually early特别地早

【近义词】

adv.
• quick
• shortly
• soon
adj.
• advanced
• forward
• undeveloped
• young

【反义词】

adv.
• lately
adj.
• last
• late
• near the end