•If you finish early you can go home.如果能提前完成你就可以回家。

•If you arrived earlier, you'd have more time.如果早一点到，你就会有更多的时间。

•I like being a little early for interviews.每次去参加面试，我都喜欢提早一会儿到。

•They scored two goals early (on) in the game.他们在开赛不久就进了两个球。

•I hate having to get up early (in the morning).我讨厌（早晨）不得不早起。

•I'm going to have an early night (= go to sleep before my usual time).我要早点睡。

•She was a poet living in the early fifteenth century.她是一位生活在15世纪初期的诗人。

•He learned to read at the early age of three.他早在三岁时就学会认字了。

•Mercedes were pioneers during the early days/years of car manufacture.宾士是早期汽车制造业的先驱品牌。

•My earliest (= first) memory is of being shown around our new house.我最初的记忆是被带着看我们的新家。

•These are some of my early (= first) attempts at sculpture.这些是我最初尝试雕塑创作时的一些习作。

•Here's a dish I prepared earlier (= I made a short time ago).这是我刚做好不久的一道菜。

•I'm very busy, so I won't be with you till 4 o'clock at the earliest.我太忙了，最早也得到四点才能跟你在一起。

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•Sometimes I think these children are going to drive me to an early grave!有时候我真觉得，不等我老死这些孩子就把我给折磨死了！

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•Our progress has been fairly slow so far, but it's early days.到目前为止我们的进度很缓慢，但来日方长，现在还不能说以后会怎么样。