already

副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ɔːlˈɹɛdi/   

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. not-comparable
    — I was surprised that she hadn’t already told me the news.
    Fanny Hill
  2. So soon. not-comparable
    — Are you quitting already?
  3. An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation. Canada,US,not-comparable
    — I wish they'd finish already, so we can get going.
  4. Indicates the completion of an action (whether past or hypothetical), or more generally, perfective aspect. Singapore,Singlish,not-comparable
    — You frame the picture for me already anot?
    Have you framed the picture yet?
  5. Marks a change in state, more or less in the same manner as the inchoative aspect. Singapore,Singlish,not-comparable
    — I don’t think he can take it already.
    I don’t think he can take it any more.

词汇关系

衍生词
alreadiness always already that ship has already sailed that train has already left the station
相关词
yet what lah1–14 lor2–3 lor1 ah6 leh1–2 mah leh3–6 one1–3 hor1 know nia only sia hor2 ah1–3 hah1–3 meh ba2 leh7–11 ba1 liao Gupta A. F. (1992) in volume 18 number 1 →DOI

词源

From Middle English alredy (“fully; already”), equivalent to al- (“all, completely”) + ready. Cognate with West Frisian alreeds (“already”), Dutch alreeds (“already”), Afrikaans alreeds (“already”), Middle Low German alreide, alreids ("already"; whence modern German Low German alreeds (“already”)), Danish allerede (“already”), Swedish allaredan (“already”), Norwegian Nynorsk allereie (“already”). More at all, ready.
The use as an intensifier in American English is a semantic loan from Yiddish שוין (shoyn), attested from 1903.
In Singapore English, the use of already as a marker of action completion and change of state is analogous to Hokkien 了 (liáu), Teochew 了 (liao²) and Mandarin 了 (le). Compare Malay (su)dah and Cantonese 咗 (zo²), 喇 (laa³).
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