Verb Adv Show Moment Speakers English Perfect 例：The

英[ɔ:lˈredi] 美[ɔlˈrɛdi]

adv.早已，已经;先前;

ADV

已经（用already时，英国英语中动词用完成时态，美国英语有时则用一般过去时）

You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.

例：They had already voted for him at the first ballot...在第一次投票选举时，他们已经投票给他了。

例：The group has already shed 10,000 jobs...该集团已经裁去1万个工作岗位。

ADV

早已（用于be动词或助动词之后，或一般动词之前，表示强调时可置于句首）

You use already to show that a situation exists at this present moment or that it exists at an earlier time than expected. You use already after the verb 'be' or an auxiliary verb, or before a verb if there is no auxiliary. When you want add emphasis, you can put already at the beginning of a sentence.

例：The authorities believe those security measures are already paying off...当局相信那些安全措施已经奏效。

例：He was already rich...他已经很富有了。