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| 1 | before now
used for saying that something has happened before now or before another point in time （表示在现在或过去某一时间点之前）已经，早已 |
| He’ s only 24, but he’ s already achieved worldwide fame. 他只有24岁，但已是闻名世界。 |
| The gang leader had already left the country. 匪帮头目早已离开了这个国家。 |
| Put your wallet away. I’ ve already paid for everything. 把你的钱包收起来吧。我已经把东西全都付完账了。 |
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| 2 | continuing from the past
used for saying that a situation has started to exist and still continues 已经（表示某种情况已经开始并将持续下去） |
| By the time the doctor arrived, I was already beginning to feel better. 医生到来时我已经开始感觉好些了。 |
| Why waste time telling people things that they already know? 为什么要浪费时间告诉人们他们早已知道的事情？ |
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| 3 | before you expected
sooner than you were expecting 这么早就；这么快就；（难道）已经 |
| What, tired already? I don’ t believe it! 什么，这么快就累了？我不信！ |
| Is it twelve o’ clock already? 已经12点了吗？ |
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| 4 | used for emphasizing a bad situation
if you say that a bad situation exists already , you mean that you do not want it to get any worse 早已（用于强调不好的情况） |
| Look, I already have enough problems as it is. 瞧，我已经有太多这样的问题了。 |
| We must hurry – we’ re twenty minutes late already. 我们必须快点，我们已经迟到20分钟了。 |
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| 5 | AMERICAN spoken immediately
used for telling someone that they should do something immediately 立即；马上 |
| Stop messing around and get in here already! 别到处游荡，马上进这儿来！ |
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