1.a few hours ago是指“以現(xiàn)在/直接引語時(shí)說話之時(shí)為準(zhǔn),在這之前的幾個(gè)小時(shí)”,帶有該時(shí)間狀語的句子只能用一般過去時(shí)或過去進(jìn)行時(shí)
如：He was here a few hours ago.
He said,"I was playing basketball a few hours ago."
2.樓主應(yīng)該是打錯(cuò)了吧,因?yàn)閑arly本身可做形容詞和副詞,絕對沒有什么earlily的單詞.
如果是A few hours earlier 的話,則其動(dòng)作所發(fā)生時(shí)間的計(jì)算是相對于另外一個(gè)動(dòng)作而言“更早幾個(gè)小時(shí)”,而并不是以現(xiàn)在或當(dāng)時(shí)某個(gè)時(shí)間（說話人說話的時(shí)間）為準(zhǔn)來計(jì)算,帶有這樣成分的句子的時(shí)態(tài)使用一般沒有限制.
如：He got up a few hours earlier than I.
He'll always get up a few hours earlier than I in future,I think.
He said he had finished the job a few hours than I.