If you are citing a train, it is always better to be comfortably early than even a fraction of a minted too late.
如果赶火车，早到总比晚到好，哪怕早到一会儿也好。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 60 Too early and too late
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 火车;行列;一系列相关的事情; 拖裾;
v. 训练;教育;培养;修整;
💡 train(draw)→教养；训练；列车；行列；导火线
"The train went slower and slower until it stopped altogether."
火车愈来愈慢，最后完全停了。
近义：illustrate, instruct, master, prepare, qualify, raise
n. [数]分数;一小部分，些微;不相连的一块，片段;[化]分馏;
💡 fract打碎+ion名词后缀 → 部分；小片，分数
"It remains a fraction of its former size."
它目前的规模只有以前的一小部分。
近义：partition, subdivide, fractionate, fractionize, fragment, fragmentize
反义：league, merge, pool, rally, unify, unite
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 胜过;上进;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义：improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反义：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
adv. 安乐地, 舒服地, 宽裕地
近义：leisurely, snugly, accommodatingly, comfily, commodiously, snug
adj. 早的;早期的;早日的;（果实等）早熟的;
adv. 早;在初期;先前;提早;
💡 三十“而立”（谐音），人生 早期
"They filed an application to have their case heard early."
他们申请早日审理他们的案子.
近义：onetime, back, previous, prior, old, earlier
反义：hind, hindmost, back, postern, puisne, retral