A preceding or coming earlier in time.

在先,居前在时间上居前或来得早

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In a number of earlier movies,[ he ] interiorized emotion so much that he became inexpressive(Pauline Kael)

在许多较早期的电影中[他]将感情深藏心底以至于变得冷漠起来保利娜·克尔)

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Something had gone terribly wrong with the pure, uncomplicated America whose image had inspired his earlier realism

早年激起他提倡现实主义的那个纯洁、简单的美国,已是弊害丛生了。

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Only three years earlier doctors had diagnosed the Austin, Tex, native with testicular cancer, which had spread to his abdomen, lungs and brain

早在3年前医生就已诊断出这位来自得州奥斯汀市的青年有睾丸癌,而且癌细胞已经扩散到腹部、肺部和脑部。

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The article is an extension of the ideas Professor Fox developed in an earlier book.

这篇文章是福克斯教授在早期一本著作中阐述的观点的进一步引申。

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The general had served as a private soldier in the earlier war.

这位将军在早年的战争中是名列兵。

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The symbols relate to an earlier system.

这些标志和以前的制度有关联

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These buried rains argue the existence of an earlier civilization.

这些地下的遗迹证明存在过一种更早的文明。

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The car design unfortunately reproduced some of the problems of the earlier model.

这种汽车设计不幸又重复了前一型号的一些问题。

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A manuscript,typically of papyrus or parchment,that has been written on more than once,with the earlier writing incompletely erased and often legible.

重写本尤指纸莎草纸或羊皮纸的底稿,已被写了不止一次,以前写的东西已被不完全擦掉,通常是清晰易读的

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