years earlier
问题描述：
years earlier
the structures had been detected years earlier by echo-sounding instruments
为什么这句话里是用years eariier 而不是 earilier years?不是形容词 放在名词前面 短语才放后面吗
答
楼上两位网友都错了,earilier years 和 years earlier 是不同意思的.
earilier years 是早年,多是用以形容一个人在未成名或未成功的最初 (童年 / 少年) 时候.又或形容一些新情况出现之前的时候.
而 years earlier 是早在多年前的意思,在这里是说:早在多年前已用音响反应仪测到了.可以举例吗？？？He is now so rich but in the earlier years of his life he was a very poor man.他现在是个大富豪但他早年时是个穷汉。These problems should have been solved years earlier.这些问题在多年前即应已解决。