earliest是什么意思？

earliest

英[ˈɜ:liɪst] 美[ˈɜrliɪst]

• adj. 早的(early的最高级)，早期的，早熟的，早日的；
• n. 最早，作为最早期的；

例句

• The tires of the earliest cars were solid. 最早的汽车轮胎是实心的。
• We request the favour of a reply at your earliest convenience. 敬请早日赐复。
• The tyres of the earliest cars were solid. 最早的汽车轮胎是实心的。
• Please reply at your earliest convenience. 请在您方便时尽早答复。
• These clues seem to bear out my earliest suspicion. 这些蛛丝马迹似乎都足以证实我最初的揣测.
• They are following traditions that actually date from the earliest humans. 它们实际上遵循了人类最早的传统.
• They were the earliest poets whereof there is record. 他们是有记载的最早的诗人.
• The earliest production reactors necessarily used normal uranium as fuel. 最早为生产用的反应堆,必须使用普通铀作为燃料.
• The mind reverts to the earliest days of colonial history. 我们回想到早期的殖民地历史.
• Doctor Goff notes that the disease is 90 % curable when found in its earliest form. Goff博士特别提到,如果在癌变早期便能够及时发现的话,该疾病的治愈率可高达90%.

英语四级真题

Fire was one of the earliest major technological advances for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to cat and digest).
出自-2014年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

In the earliest years of our lives, our parents tell us who we are.
出自-2010年6月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• （early的最高级）
  Earliest is the superlative of early .
• PHRASE
  最早
  At the earliest means not before the date or time mentioned.
  例句
  The first official results are not expected until Tuesday at the earliest. 预计第一份官方结果最早将在星期二公布。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early;
  "a fashion popular in earlier times""his earlier work reflects the influence of his teacher""Verdi's earliest and most raucous opera"
• Adverb
  1. with the least delay;
  "the soonest I can arrive is 3 P.M."