| 单词 | early on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearly on P2. early on: at an initial or early stage. Similarly earlier on. Cf. late on at late adv. Phrases 2, later on at later adv. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] > early or in good time > at an early stage betimesc1314 soon1618 earlily1663 early on1759 early doors1979 1759 W. Hillary Observ. Changes Air & Dis. Barbados 178 When I am called so early on in the Disease that I can strictly pursue it. 1841 Manch. Guardian 21 Apr. 3/7 It took place earlier on in the year. 1863 Dublin Univ. Mag. Sept. 348/1 Ewebank..fell early on in the contest. 1906 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics Oct. 99 One could have wished..that the book had maintained with equal effectiveness to the end the force of the argument so ably advanced earlier on. 1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club xv. 170 ‘It might have been given him earlier.’.. ‘Well—not too early on, Peter. Suppose he had died a lot too soon.’ 1942 A. L. Rowse Cornish Childhood iv. 82 I was a very ‘forward’ child: very early on throwing my bottle out over the cradle. 1958 Spectator 1 Aug. 175/3 Two of the principal characters..are involved early on in a session of the Law. 2012 Liverpool Post (Nexis) 20 Dec. 60 Their fly-half Gareth Bown got injured early on in the game. < as lemmas |
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