1·A wage freeze was imposed on all staff earlier this month.
本月早些时候，所有员工的工资都被冻结了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Yang transferred the shares into a blind trust earlier this week.
这个星期的早些时候杨把股票转成了保密信托。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Earlier this month, a luncheon for former U.N. staff was held in Vienna.
本月早些时候在维也纳为前联合国工作人员举行了午宴。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Earlier this year they were notified that their homes were to be cleared away.
今年早些时候他们被通知说他们的家将被拆除。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·Earlier this year, the team put Clemmons's unlikely theory to the test, using a 40-square-metre rectangular nylon sail.
今年早些时候，研究小组使用了一个40平方米的长方形尼龙帆，对克莱蒙斯的不可能理论进行了测试。
6·Earlier this month, the office asked for the public's help to measure their speed results, saying consumers deserved to get the speeds they were promised.
本月早些时候，该办公室请求公众帮助测量网速，称消费者应享有服务商承诺的网速。
7·Earlier this month, it was reported that the cost of enrolling an infant or small kid at a childcare center rose 3% in 2012, faster than the overall cost of living.
本月早些时候，有报道称，婴幼儿在托儿中心的入学费用在2012年上升了3%，上涨速度高于整体生活成本。
8·Earlier this year the country's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced plans to pay Boeing to investigate formation flight, though the program has yet to begin.
今年早些时候，美国国防高级研究计划局宣布将计划出资，请波音公司研究编队飞行，不过该计划尚未启动。
9·Earlier this year, British explorer Pen Hadow and his team trekked for three months across the frozen Arctic Ocean, taking measurements and recording observations about the ice.
今年年初，英国探险家佩恩·赫德尔和他的团队在冰冻的北冰洋上跋涉了三个月，对冰层进行了测量和记录。
10·I lost my job earlier this year.
今年早些时候，我失业了。
—— 《牛津词典》