• adv. 已經(jīng)，早已；先前

來自復合詞all ready.

already (adv.)

c. 1300, compound of all + ready (adj.); literally "fully ready." Compare Norwegian, Danish allerede "already." Colloquial use in U.S. as a terminal emphatic (as in enough, already!) is attested from 1903, translating Yiddish shoyn, which is used in same sense. The pattern also is attested in Pennsylvania German and in South African.

1. He was already asleep in the bed, which smelled faintly of mildew.

他已經(jīng)在略帶霉味的床上睡著了。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The material consisted only of already published, unclassified information.

這份材料里只有一些已公開的、非保密性質(zhì)的信息。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The country's politicians are already heaving a collective sigh of relief.

該國的政界人士均已松了口氣。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The scientists have already experimented at each other's test sites.

科學家已經(jīng)在彼此的實驗場所進行了實驗。

來自柯林斯例句

5. He is already getting in trim for the big day.

他已經(jīng)在為那個重要的日子調(diào)整狀態(tài)了。

來自柯林斯例句