记忆方法
将“already”分解为“al-ways”，联想成“经常已经”，意思是不停地已经完成某事，这样就能记住这个词表示“已经”的含义。
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中文词源
already 已经
来自复合词all ready.
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. He was already asleep in the bed, which smelled faintly of mildew.
- 他已经在略带霉味的床上睡着了。
- 2. The material consisted only of already published, unclassified information.
- 这份材料里只有一些已公开的、非保密性质的信息。
- 3. The country's politicians are already heaving a collective sigh of relief.
- 该国的政界人士均已松了口气。
- 4. The scientists have already experimented at each other's test sites.
- 科学家已经在彼此的实验场所进行了实验。
- 5. He is already getting in trim for the big day.
- 他已经在为那个重要的日子调整状态了。