单词：earlier 

形容词

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  [1.a.earlier] (同义词:[earlier(adj.早的,初期的 adv. 早地,初期的 )]  [earliest( adj. 早的,初期的 )]  )
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  注释列句：(comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early; "a fashion popular in earlier times"; "his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher"; "Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"
• 近义词 -> [early( adj. 早的, 早熟的, 及早的, 早先的, 早期的 adv. 早, 在初期 )] 
  所 有 -> [comparative( adj. 比较的, 相当的 )] 
  方 言 -> [comparative( adj. 比较的, 相当的 )] 
  

副词

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  [1.r.earlier] (同义词:[earlier(adj.早的,初期的 adv. 早地,初期的 )]  [before( adv. 在前, 以前 prep. 在...之前 conj. 在...之前, 与其...宁可 )]  )
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  注释列句：earlier in time; previously; "I had known her before"; "as I said before"; "he called me the day before but your call had come even earlier"; "her parents had died four years earlier"; "I mentioned that problem earlier"
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  [2.r.earlier] (同义词:[sooner( [美](在政府开放西部前)抢先取得占有权的人, 用不正当手段先下手的人 )]  [earlier(adj.早的,初期的 adv. 早地,初期的 )]  )
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  注释列句：comparatives of `soon' or `early'; "Come a little sooner, if you can"; "came earlier than I expected"
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  [3.r.earlier] (同义词:[in_the_first_place(adv.首先 )]  [earlier(adj.早的,初期的 adv. 早地,初期的 )]  [in_the_beginning(起初, 首先 )]  [to_begin_with(adv.首先, 本来 )]  [originally( adv. 最初, 原先 )]  )
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  注释列句：before now; "why didn't you tell me in the first place?"