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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

advance

英  [ædˈvɑːns]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 事先的（预定、通知、警告等）

    Advance booking, notice, or warning is done or given before an event happens.

    双语例句

    例：

    They don't normally give any advance notice about which building they're going to inspect.

    他们对要视察哪座大楼通常不作事先通知。

    NOUN. 名词

  • advances

    1. [C 可数名词] 预付款

    An advance is money lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it.

    双语例句

    例：

    She was paid a $100,000 advance for her next two novels.

    她得到了接下来的两本小说的10万美元的预付款。

    2. [C, U 有变体名词] （常指军事行动中的）前进

    An advance is a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation.

    双语例句

    例：

    In an exercise designed to be as real as possible, they simulated an advance on enemy positions.

    在一次设计得尽可能逼真的演习中，他们模拟了一次向敌方阵地的前进。

    3. [C, U 有变体名词] （在某科目、某活动中的）发展

    An advance in a particular subject or activity is progress in understanding it or in doing it well.

    近义词

    development

    双语例句

    例：

    Air safety has not improved since the dramatic advances of the 1970s.

    飞行安全自从20世纪70年代得到显著提高之后，至今还没有再得到改善。

    例：

    Scientific advances have transformed our understanding of DNA.

    科学的发展改变了我们对脱氧核糖核酸的理解。

    例：

    Major advances in microsurgery have been made.

    显微外科取得了重大的发展。

    4. [SING 单数型名词] 改善

    If something is an advance on what was previously available or done, it is better in some way.

    双语例句

    例：

    This could be an advance on the present situation.

    这可能是对目前情况的一次改善。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • in advance

    1. 提前

    If you do something in advance, you do it before a particular date or event.

    双语例句

    例：

    The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance.

    会谈的主题提前一周宣布。

    VERB. 动词

  • advances , advancing , advanced

    1. [I 不及物动词] （常指为攻击而）前进

    To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.

    双语例句

    例：

    Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital.

    来自乍得的报导指出叛军正在向首都挺进。

    例：

    According to one report, the water is advancing at a rate of between 8 and 10 inches a day.

    根据一份报告，水位在以每天8至10英寸的速度上升。

    2. [I 不及物动词] （尤指知识）发展

    To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something.

    近义词

    progress , improve

    双语例句

    例：

    Medical technology has advanced considerably.

    医学技术已大大发展了。

    例：

    Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.

    日本已从一个封建农业社会发展成一个城市化工业强国。

    3. [T 及物动词] 预借（一笔钱给某人） , 预付（一笔钱给某人）

    If you advance someone a sum of money, you lend it to them, or pay it to them earlier than arranged.

    近义词

    lend

    双语例句

    例：

    I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home.

    我先借了些钱给他，他会在我们回家的路上还给我。

    4. [T 及物动词] 使提前

    To advance an event, or the time or date of an event, means to bring it forward to an earlier time or date.

    近义词

    bring forward

    双语例句

    例：

    Too much protein in the diet may advance the aging process.

    饮食中过多的蛋白质也许会使衰老的过程提前。

    5. [T 及物动词] 造成 , 促成

    If you advance a cause, interest, or claim, you support it and help to make it successful.

    近义词

    further

    双语例句

    例：

    When not producing art of his own, Oliver was busy advancing the work of others.

    奥利弗不搞自己的艺术创作时，就会忙于帮助别人进行创作。

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