1. 以前：dynaset-type recordset 动态集类型记录集 | earlier 以前 | edit buffer 编辑缓冲区
2. 早的：earless 无耳 | earlier 早的 | earliest 早的
3. 更早的;更早地：更远的 farther | 更早的;更早地 earlier | 工厂 factory
4. 更早的：earless 无穗的 | earlier 更早的 | earlieron 稍早的时候
1. Earlier, the police said business rivalry is being suspected behind the explosion.
2. Professor Michael Luger joined Manchester Business School earlier this month as director.
3. His father had 5 years earlier burned him very badly in an act of revenge against his former wife.
4. Earlier this month it forecast a net loss of 17 billion yen for the current business year to March.
5. earlier什么意思
5. State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan said earlier that Chinese leaders would have a busy diplomatic itinerary untill the end of this year.
6. Jennifer Aniston has enjoyed a date with Gerard Butler - at the same venue she was seen dining with John Mayer days earlier.
7. Butler had been freed in a military operation earlier yesterday in the city, the spokesman said.
8. Ping An said earlier this month that it planned to buy stake worth up to a combined 22 billion yuan in SDB.
9. earlier
9. An earlier explanation by the ministry said the figure would not include public areas, meaning a buyer will have to pay for a much larger area.
10. Ge had been involved in buying heating fuel for schools following a sudden snowfall earlier this month.
adj
1. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than
most early
e.g. a fashion popular in earlier times
his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher
Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera
Synonym: earliest
adv
1. earlier in time
previously
e.g. 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
Synonym: before
2. before now
e.g. why didn't you tell me in the first place?
Synonym: in the first place in the beginning to begin with originally
3. earlier
3. comparatives of `soon' or `early'
e.g. Come a little sooner, if you can
came earlier than I expected
Synonym: sooner