我和他初次见面是早在一九五几年的事。
I first met him way back in the fifties.
这次地震早在几个月以前就发布了预报。
The earthquake had been predicted several months before.
早在1936年，高级法院就已着手于废除以逼供词为依据给政治犯定罪的做法。
As early as1936, the Supreme Court had begun striking down state criminal convictions based on confessions coerced from defendants.
我早在星期五就把信寄了。
I mailed the letter as early as Friday.
他说失去妻子使他开始喝起酒来。但你相信我说的，他早在那以前就饮酒成性了。
He claims that is was the loss of his wife that drove him to drink, but believe me, he was drinking like a fish long before that.
