already; for a long time

1. 我一點也沒有吃驚，因為我早已料到會有那樣的事。
   I was not in the least surprised, for I had expected as much.
2. 我打電話時，她早已走了。
   She had already left when I phoned.
3. 孩子們早已吃掉不少食物。
   Already the children had made considerable inroads on the food.
4. 歲月和風雨早已磨掉紀念碑上的銘文。
   Time and weather had long ago effaced the inscription on the monument.
5. 這一地區(qū)的土地地力早已耗盡了。
   The area was fanned out long ago.

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