【already音标】 英[ɔ:lˈredi] 美[ɔ:lˈredi]
【单词释义】 already是什么意思：
adv.已经；早已；先前
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【already形近词/近似词】
ready adj.准备好的，现成的；情愿的
steady adj.稳定的；持续的；平稳的；稳固的 vt.使稳定，使坚定 n.关系固定的情侣
【单词例句】
◇ It was already a very strange day,and Alice was beginning to think that anything was possible.
今天真是奇怪的一天，爱丽丝开始琢磨什么事都可能发生。
---- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1)
◇ However, he would not leave her in peace, until she unlocked the room and showed him the coffins, already filled with wood shavings.
可是便雅明老是缠着王后，终於逼得她打开了密室，让他看了那十二副里面装满了刨花的棺材。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ Accompanied by a select number of officers of the court, among whom were the two honest men who had already admired the cloth, he went to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were aware of the Emperor's approach, went on working more diligently than ever; although they still did not pass a single thread through the looms.
他选了一群特别圈定的随员——其中包括已经去看过的那两位诚实的大臣。这样，他就到那两个狡猾的骗子住的地方去。这两个家伙正以全副精神织布，但是一根线的影子也看不见。
◇ "Most commercial [produce] operations already wash or rinse their produce for distribution and sale. However, effective treatments for removing the vast majority of pesticides [include] peeling, rinsing in chemical treatments, and blanching," Dr. Le said.
“大多数农产品在分销时已经清洗过了。然而，有效去除绝大多数农药的方法包括削皮和用化学溶液漂洗。”黎博士表示，
---- How to washing your fruits and veggies
◇ NASA's Russian counterpart Roscosmos has already allowed a number of private citizens at the station.
此前，俄罗斯联邦航天局已经允许几位普通民众进入空间站。
---- NASA to open space station to private citizens
◇ "People in the least-developed countries already tend to be at higher risk of climate change, so depending on how population growth unfolds across the globe, there's going to be more people in hazardous areas," Snover said.
斯诺弗说：“最不发达国家的人民已经面临着更高的气候变化风险，因此，将有越来越多的人生活在危险地区，这取决于全球人口增长的趋势。”
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ The sad part is that, by the time you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated. So, to prevent dehydration and its negative effects, you should be drinking water throughout the day on a regular basis—even before you feel thirst.
悲剧的是，等你感觉到口渴的时候，你已经脱水了。所以，为了避免脱水和它带来的负面影响，我们应该在一天中定时补充水分，而且要在感觉到口渴之前就喝水。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ "China has already made extraordinary progress. It's a fact that China has lifted more people out of poverty at the fastest rate anywhere and anytime in history already."
福斯特说：“中国已经取得了非凡的成就。历史上从没有哪个国家像中国这样迅速帮助如此多的人脱离贫困，这一点无可否认。”
---- Eliminating poverty builds larger market
◇ If, by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have, I have the liberty to replace my present wife with another one. Naturally, I will expect a fresh, new life; my wife will take the children and be solely responsible for them so that I am left free.
如果我偶然碰上一个比我现在的老婆更合适做老婆的人，我希望有休掉现在的老婆、重新另娶一个的自由。自然，我向往过一种新鲜的生活；我的老婆将抚养孩子，对他们全权负责。这样，我就可以无牵无挂。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ Now, all their children have already grown up, have their own family, there’s nothing else the old couple have to worry about, all they wanted is to lead their own life free from all these years of unhappiness from their marriage, so both agree on a divorce.
现在，他们的孩子都长大成人了，也有他们各自的家庭了。于是，这对老夫妇再也没有什么事可以担忧的了。他们现在渴望的就是过各自的生活，免受这些年来婚姻带给他们的种种不幸。正因为这样，两个老人都赞同通过离婚解决事情的争端。
---- Life Together