Earlier

(adj.) (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' .

(adv.) 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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• Chance set me free of my London engagements to-day sooner than I had expected, and I have got here, in consequence, earlier than my appointed time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The electrical features of the 1882 locomotive were very similar to those of the earlier one, already described. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Even in 1847 few of these things had lost their novelty, most of them were in the earlier stages of development. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I arrived four hours earlier than my appointment. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Warren was not aware of his presence, but probably supposed it was the cavalry which Merritt had engaged earlier in the day. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The earlier aviators had found that two planes, or double-deckers, gave the best results. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• And now I am brought to a little piece of news, my dearest, that I might have told you earlier in the evening. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• All of this is very reminiscent of the religious and political state of affairs in Greece fourteen centuries earlier. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Galileo determined to study the laws of mechanics by experiment, and not, as so many earlier scientists had done, by argument or mere theoretical opinions. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It was the room in which, six months earlier, the merry Christmas party had met, to which Eustacia came secretly and as a stranger. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• They had reduced the force of earlier times by making larger quantities by better processes. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• In 1844 he proceeded to apply the principles maintained in his earlier study to changes of temperature as related to changes in the density of gases. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• In the earlier periods of the monarchy, the clergy of France appear to have been as much devoted to the pope as those of any other country. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The first thing that caught her eye was the date two days earlier than she received it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Oh, had you but lived a few years earlier, what a gallant gentleman-highwayman you would have made! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Captain Lennox had come earlier than was expected; or was it really so late? 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• We have seen in an earlier chapter that geometry developed as a sci ence is becoming gradually weaned from the art of surveying. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Sometimes it is only the earlier developmental stages which fail. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It is not earlier, I suppose? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Among the earlier names, that of Dr. Gilbert (1540-1603), of Colchester, is pre-eminent. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• About 5000 B.C., or earlier, the traces of these primitive peoples cease, and the true Egyptians appear on the scene. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Compare what was said in an earlier chapter about the one-sided meanings which have come to attach to the ideas of efficiency and of culture. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• In still earlier years than those I have been recalling, Holliday's Hill, in our town, was to me the noblest work of God. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• On the seventh, he returned earlier, and with an exultation he could not conceal. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Pasteur now applied his energies to the study of virulent diseases, following the principles of his earlier investigations. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• There is a famous question discussed in one of the earlier Dialogues of Plato (Protagoras; AriSt. Nic. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Any activity with an aim implies a distinction between an earlier incomplete phase and later completing phase; it implies also intermediate steps. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• They started earlier. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• And the Semitic nomads were closer to the earlier civilizations, a thing that fitted in with their greater aptitude for trade and counting. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• As we have earlier noted, this notion was fostered by the new interest in education as method of social reform. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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