already

US [ɔːlˈredi]
UK [ɔːlˈredi]
  • adv.已经；到现在还；这么早就；用于描述一个已经存在的糟糕情况时
  • Web早已；业已；都

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Already
adv.
1.
已经；早已before now or before a particular time in the past
‘Lunch?’ ‘No thanks, I've already eaten.’
“午餐？”“不，谢谢，我已吃过了。”
We got there early but Mike had already left.
我们提早到了那里，但是迈克已经离开了。
2.
（表示惊奇）已经，都used to express surprise that sth has happened so soon or so early
Is it 10 o'clock already?
都 10 点钟了？
You're not leaving already, are you?
你不是这就走？
3.
（强调情况或问题存在）已经used to emphasize that a situation or problem exists
I'm already late.
我已经迟到了。
There are far too many people already. We can't take any more.
已经有太多的人了。我们再也接待不了啦。

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AllAll,已经已经,到现在还到现在还,这么早就这么早就,用于描述一个已经存在的糟糕情况时用于描述一个已经存在的糟糕情况时,早已早已,业已业已,都都
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1.
Fine, go ahead. Take a shot. You know, I've already got a gorgeous blonde back home at I can't score with.
好吧，那你去啊，去碰碰运气。家里已经有个搞不定的，漂亮金发妞儿了。
hǎo ba , nà nǐ qù ya , qù pèng pèng yùn qi 。 jiā lǐ yǐ jīng yǒu gè gǎo bú dìng de , piào liang jīn fà niū er le 。
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2.
Official data already shows that the country's educated jobless, referred to as the "ant tribe, " appear to be decreasing.
官方数据已经显示，被称为“蚁族”的中国高学历失业者的数量正在不断减少。
guān fāng shù jù yǐ jīng xiǎn shì , bèi chēng wéi " yǐ zú " de zhōng guó gāo xué lì shī yè zhě de shù liàng zhèng zài bú duàn jiǎn shǎo 。
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3.
A dubious offer, no doubt, for a country that has already lost three years to political turmoil and military misrule.
鉴于泰国已经三年深处政治混乱军队暴政不能自拔，这样的宣言委实无法相信。
jiàn yú tài guó yǐ jīng sān nián shēn chù zhèng zhì hùn luàn jūn duì bào zhèng bù néng zì bá , zhè yàng de xuān yán wěi shí wú fǎ xiāng xìn 。
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4.
Symbolic link '%s' is part of a loop in the directory hierarchy; we have already visited the directory to which it points.
符号连接“%s”在一个循环的目录结构中，我们刚才已经在其他目录中遇到过了。
fú hào lián jiē " bǎi fēn hào s " zài yī gè xún huán de mù lù jié gòu zhōng , wǒ men gāng cái yǐ jīng zài qí tā mù lù zhōng yù dào guò le 。
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5.
But her quarry, who had paused and looked back at the flash of light, was already scrambling up the bank the fox had just fallen down.
可是，被她追赶的那个人刚才只是停下来看了看那道闪光，这时正往狐狸刚才摔下来的河岸上爬去。
kě shì , bèi tā zhuī gǎn de nà ge rén gāng cái zhǐ shì tíng xià lái kàn le kàn nà dào shǎn guāng , zhè shí zhèng wǎng hú li gāng cái shuāi xià lái de hé àn shàng pá qù 。
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6.
But he said: "If somebody already has cardiovascular disease then it might just tip them over the edge and trigger a heart attack. "
但他说：“如果有的人本来就有心血管疾病，那这就可能把他们逼到临界点，导致心脏病发作。”
dàn tā shuō : " rú guǒ yǒu de rén běn lái jiù yǒu xīn xuè guǎn jí bìng , nà zhè jiù kě néng bǎ tā men bī dào lín jiè diǎn , dǎo zhì xīn zàng bìng fā zuò 。 "
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7.
My husband, however, doesn't care how much I spend and our marriage never became a business because it already was one.
但是，我的丈夫并不在意我花多少钱。我们的婚姻从未变成交易，因为它本来就是交易。
dàn shì , wǒ de zhàng fu bìng bù zài yì wǒ huā duō shao qián 。 wǒ men de hūn yīn cóng wèi biàn chéng jiāo yì , yīn wèi tā běn lái jiù shì jiāo yì 。
zhidao.baidu.com
8.
The Shanghai Composite Index was almost unchanged Friday and traders said the policy shift was already priced into stocks.
上证综指上周五收盘几未变动，交易员说，政策变动已被股市所消化。
shàng zhèng zōng zhǐ shàng zhōu wǔ shōu pán jǐ wèi biàn dòng , jiāo yì yuán shuō , zhèng cè biàn dòng yǐ bèi gǔ shì suǒ xiāo huà 。
chinese.wsj.com
9.
Already he had begun to forget them, and Shepperton soon became an extraordinary aviary, filled with birds of every species.
他已经把那些邻居们给忘记了，谢伯顿不久就变成了一个特别的鸟类饲养场，拥有各类品种的鸟。
tā yǐ jīng bǎ nà xiē lín jū men gěi wàng jì le , xiè bó dùn bù jiǔ jiù biàn chéng le yī gè tè bié de niǎo lèi sì yǎng chǎng , yōng yǒu gè lèi pǐn zhǒng de niǎo 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
That's not a complaint: I've already been able to see a lot of this vast, fascinating country in my few months here.
这不是要抱怨：在过去几个月里我有机会见识到这个广阔而迷人的国家。
zhè bú shì yào bào yuàn : zài guò qù jǐ gè yuè lǐ wǒ yǒu jī huì jiàn shi dào zhè ge guǎng kuò ér mí rén de guó jiā 。
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