早在之前英语

Before the poisoned eggs

[词典] early stage; early phase; prophase; early; phase

相似短语：as early as 早在…      early in 在初      early on adv 在早期    an early bird n. 早到者    early or late 迟早,早晚,终究    early blossoming 早花    early contraction 早期收缩     early fallow 早耕休闲，春季休闲    early lodging 早期倒伏   early mature 早熟

earlier如:Earlier, rival candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton called his foreign policy ideas "naive".早前，其竞选对手希拉里.罗德汉姆.克林顿曾称他这一外交政策纯属天真。

earlier than that?