副詞：已經、早已
常見搭配詞：
- have already started(過去分詞)
已經開始(現在完成式)
例句：The meeting has already started.
會議已經開始。 - had already left (過去分詞)
已經離開(過去完成式)
例句：By the time you called, I had already left.
你打來的時候，我已經走了。 - already know
已經知道(現在簡單式，表示現在的狀態)
例句：I already know the truth.
我已經知道真相。 - be already +過去分詞
已經
例句：More than half the work is already finished.
一半以上的工作已經完成。 - It is already known that SV
眾所周知，SV
例句：It is already known that the singer had a plastic surgery a few years ago.
眾所周知，這位歌手幾年前進行了整容手術。 - be already available (+形容詞)
已經可以使用(表示狀態的be動詞，可用現在或過去簡單式)
例句：The report is already available online.
報告已經可以在線上查閱。 - as already mentioned
如前所述
例句：As already mentioned, we need to focus more on our marketing efforts to increase sales.
如前所述，我們需要更專注於我們的市場營銷努力以提高銷售量。 - be already done
已經完成
例句：The work is already done.
工作已經完成。
例句：
- They have already left for the airport.
他們已經出發去機場了。 - Mother will have already made dinner by the time I get home.
當我回到家時，媽媽已經做好晚飯了。 - I’ve already mentioned the problem to him.
我已經把問題告訴他。 - They have already agreed to the terms.
他們已經同意了條款。 - The movie has already started, so we need to hurry.
電影已經開始了，所以我們需要趕快。 - The dinner is already prepared.
晚餐已經準備好了。 - The team had already won three matches in a row.
這個團隊已經連贏了三場比賽。 - He had already made up his mind before we discussed it.
在我們討論之前，他已經下定了決心。 - Don’t press anything more in the carry-on because it is already full.
不要在隨身行李中再按任何東西，因為它已經滿了。 - The new paint is already starting to crack and peel.
新油漆已經開始開裂和剝落。 - When I arrived, he was already gone.
我到的時候，他已經走了。(口語-這不是被動態) - They went home already.
他們已經回家了。(口語) - Already, I told him not to do that, but he didn’t listen!
我早就告訴他不要這樣做了，但他不聽！(口語)
同義詞：
- previously 先前地、以前地 adv. 強調在目前之前已經發生或存在。
例句：He had previously worked as a teacher before he became a writer.
他在成為作家之前，當過老師。 - beforehand 在前、提前 adv. 強調在某件事情發生之前，已經預先做好準備或完成。
例句：I wish I had known about the trip beforehand.
我希望我在旅行前就已經知道。 - earlier 較早地、先前 adv. 強調某事在現在時間點之前已經發生或完成。
例句：I saw her earlier in the supermarket.
我在超市較早前見到她。 - formerly 以前、從前 adv. 用來表示某人或某物在過去的身份或狀態。
例句：The hotel was formerly a palace.
這家飯店以前是一座皇宮。 - once 曾經、一度 adv. 強調過去某時間點已經發生過某件事。
例句：He once lived in New York.
他曾經在紐約住過。
