already
- adv.已经(强调情况或问题存在);(表示惊奇)已经，都;早已
al- 全部,完全 + ready 预备好了的状态
alreadyadv.
已经；早已
before now or before a particular time in the past
‘Lunch?’ ‘No thanks, I've already eaten.’
“午餐？”“不，谢谢，我已吃过了。”
We got there early but Mike had already left.
我们及早到了那里，但是迈克已经离开了。
（表示惊奇）已经，都
used to express surprise that sth has happened so soon or so early
Is it 10 o'clock already?
都10点钟了？
You're not leaving already, are you?
你已经不打算走了，是不是？
（强调情况或问题存在）已经
used to emphasize that a situation or problem exists
I'm already late.
我已经迟到了。
There are far too many people already. We can't take any more.
已经有太多的人了。我们再也接待不了啦。
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ADV 已经（用already时，英国英语中动词用完成时态，美国英语有时则用一般过去时）
You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.They had already voted for him at the first ballot...
在第一次投票选举时，他们已经投票给他了。
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ADV 早已（用于be动词或助动词之后，或一般动词之前，表示强调时可置于句首）
You use already to show that a situation exists at this present moment or that it exists at an earlier time than expected. You use already after the verb 'be' or an auxiliary verb, or before a verb if there is no auxiliary. When you want add emphasis, you can put already at the beginning of a sentence.The authorities believe those security measures are already paying off...
当局相信那些安全措施已经奏效。
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already常用于强调或暗示某件事的发生快得令人惊奇：They were already eating their lunch（他们已经在吃午饭了）。still可用来强调对某件事发生或持续如此长时间感到惊奇：She was still looking at me（她还在看着我），There are still plenty of horses round here（这附近还有很多匹马）。yet常用在否定句和疑问句中表示强调，或对某事还未发生表示惊奇，或表示某事将要发生：Have you seen it yet（你看过了吗），The troops could not yet see the shore（部队还是看不见海岸），It isn't dark yet（天色还没有暗下来）。英国英语中already和yet通常用于现在完成时：I have already started knitting baby clothes(我已经开始织婴儿衣服了），Have they said sorry yet（他们道过歉了吗）。美国英语中，常用于过去时：She already told the neighbors not to come（她已经告诉邻居们别来了），I didn't get any sleep yet（我还没合过眼）。这种用法在英国英语中也越来越普遍。
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He already had an idea for his next novel .
他已经构思好了下一部小说。
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I 'm going ─ I 've done enough damage here already .
我要走了——我在这里造成的损害已经够大了。
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We had to work within the parameters that had already been established .
我们必须在已设定的范围内工作。
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The new government has already been pitched into a crisis .
新政府已被抛入危机之中。
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We need double the amount we already have .
我们需要现有数量的两倍。
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The sun was already up when they set off .
他们出发时太阳已经升起了。
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' He 's already left , ' she informed us .
“他已经走了。”她告诉我们说。
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They were surprised to find that he 'd already left .
他们惊奇地发现他已经走了。
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The cracks in the government 's economic policy are already beginning to show .
政府经济政策中的失误已开始显露出来。
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She 's already counting down to the big day .
她已经在对这一重大日子倒计时了。
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He was barely 20 years old and already running his own company .
他只有20岁，却已经营起自己的公司了。
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I was disappointed to find that they had left already .
我发现他们已经离开了，觉得很失望。
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Along the coast , an industrial fringe had already developed .
沿海岸一片带状工业区已发展起来。
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This evidence ties in closely with what we already know .
这一证据和我们已掌握的情况完全相符。
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We got there early but Mike had already left .
我们及早到了那里，但是迈克已经离开了。
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After just one day , she had already made an enemy of her manager .
刚过一天她就已经与经理为敌了。
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We 're already two goals down .
我们已落后对方两球。
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When we arrived the party was already in full swing .
我们赶到时，聚会已进入高潮。
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There 's no point in duplicating work already done .
重复别人已经做过的工作毫无意义。
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Higher interest rates are already pinching the housing industry .
提高利率已使住房产业不堪负荷。
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They had already fired three people and he was afraid for his job .
他们已经解雇了三人，所以他为他的工作担忧。
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He 's been in the dock several times already .
他已受审多次。
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I reached the station only to find that my train had already left .
我到了车站，却发现我要搭乘的火车已经开走了。
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I 've already looked there ─ it must be somewhere else .
我已经去那儿看过了——肯定是在别处。
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Our new model is already on the stocks and will be available in the spring .
我们已着手生产新的款式，明年春天就可以上市。
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We need to tap the expertise of the people we already have .
我们需要利用我们现有人员的专业知识。
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I 've already written a fair chunk of the article .
我已写出文章的大部分。
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The idea already existed in embryo in his earlier novels .
这个想法在他早期的小说中已初见端倪。
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One hundred have already been placed with foster families .
有一百名已经获安排领养。
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The students are already acquainted with the work of Shakespeare .
这些学生已经读过莎士比亚的著作。
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