| 单词 | advance |
| 释义 | advance (ædvɑːns , -væns ) Word forms: advances , advancing , advanced 1. verb To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone. The Allies began advancing on the city in 1943. [VERB preposition/adverb] The water is advancing at a rate of 5cm a day. [VERB] ...a picture of a man throwing himself before an advancing tank. [VERB-ing] 2. verb To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something. Medical technology has advanced considerably. [VERB] Synonyms: improve, rise, grow, develop 3. See also advanced 4. verb If you advance someone a sum of money, you lend it to them, or pay it to them earlier than arranged. I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home. [VERB noun noun] The bank advanced $1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments. [VERB noun] Synonyms: lend, loan, accommodate someone with, supply on credit 5. countable noun An advance is money which is lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it. She was paid a £100,000 advance for her next two novels. Synonyms: down payment, credit, fee, deposit 6. verb To advance an event, or the time or date of an event, means to bring it forward to an earlier time or date. Too much protein in the diet may advance the ageing process. [VERB noun] The country's election commission has advanced the date of the election by three days. [VERB noun] Synonyms: accelerate, speed, promote, hurry (up) 7. verb If you advance a cause, interest, or claim, you support it and help to make it successful. When not producing art of his own, Oliver was busy advancing the work of others. [VERB noun] 8. verb [usually passive] When a theory or argument is advanced, it is put forward for discussion. Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression. [be VERB-ed] An explanation has now been advanced by scientists. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: suggest, offer, present, propose 9. variable noun B2 An advance is a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation. ...an advance on enemy positions. [+ on] The defences are intended to obstruct any advance by tanks and other vehicles. Synonyms: attack, charge, strike, rush 10. plural noun If you make advances to someone, you try to start a sexual relationship with them. [old-fashioned] Mark had for some time been making advances towards her. She rejected his advances during the trip to Cannes. 11. variable noun B2 An advance in a particular subject or activity is progress in understanding it or in doing it well. ...the technological advances of the last four decades. Their progress at work was mirrored by their children's educational advance. 12. singular noun If something is an advance on what was previously available or done, it is better in some way. This could be an advance on the present situation. [+ on] 13. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Advance booking, notice, or warning is done or given before an event happens. They don't normally give any advance notice about which building they're going to inspect. The event received little advance publicity. Synonyms: prior, early, previous, beforehand 14. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] An advance party or group is a small group of people who go on ahead of the main group. The 20-strong advance party will be followed by another 600 soldiers. 15. in advance of phrase B2 If one thing happens or is done in advance of another, it happens or is done before the other thing. I had asked everyone to submit questions in advance of the meeting. 16. in advance phrase B2 If you do something in advance, you do it before a particular date or event. The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance. Synonyms: beforehand, earlier, ahead, previously Collocations: advance a career Some newcomers with famous surnames can be accused of using them to advance their career. Times, Sunday Times Nor was he there to advance his career. canada.com A quarter of workers bake cakes for colleagues in a bid to make themselves more popular and advance their career, according to a new study. Times, Sunday Times It was made clear to him that accepting propositions could help to advance his career. Times, Sunday Times Let me be a servant of those who can advance my career. Christianity Today How do we advance the cause of justice in a very unjust world? Christianity Today Forever after, she would do anything she could to advance the cause of workers' rights. Christianity Today From time to time, ardent supporters of a particular horse advance his cause for inclusion in this hall of fame. Times, Sunday Times Did not play, which helped to advance his cause. Times, Sunday Times To advance this cause, however, there must be some arena in which that 'ubiquitous' activity can be brought into focus and refined. The Times Literary Supplement Few of us genuinely want to join them in orbit until spaceflight becomes a whole lot safer, but we admire the dedication that could advance that goal. Times, Sunday Times Since 2004, the foundation has awarded over $7 million in grants to organizations to advance that goal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He attempts to advance his goal of galactic peace in the midst of war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If we didn’t get back, that’s okay, as long as we advanced the goal of getting there. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On such important issues, the very highest standards of justice are required, and the spur of publicity advances that goal. Times, Sunday Times I'm prepared for the hours of recitative - the conversational bits that advance the plot - punctuated by arias, which express the characters' emotions. Times, Sunday Times The characters sounded like puppets when he tried to get them to advance the plot through dialogue. Globe and Mail Players must go back and forth between the worlds to recruit party members, obtain items, and advance the plot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Briefings take place at the start of each mission, which advance the plot and introduce new characters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Missions are usually arranged in a number of chapters with cutscenes before and after to advance the plot. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The book was one of the first modern treatises to advance the theory of marginal utility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He did not finish work on the texts he hoped would advance his theories in the realm of academia. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A number of authors try to advance their theories by comparing handwriting samples of their suspects to the writing found in this letter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The defendants, on the other hand, advanced the theory of pilot error, suggesting that the plane had stalled during the abrupt avoidance maneuver. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In that field he has advanced a theory of contract formation that emphasizes the intention to be bound as the key to contract law. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He would advance his agenda relentlessly, but gingerly, staking out broad principles then delegating to others the real bargaining and the near-final terms. Times, Sunday Times This made it very important for community organizing in order to collectively advance their agenda. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In existing tenant laws they found possibilities to advance their agenda of agrarian reform. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For every study advancing the agenda of its sponsor there are numerous invaluable contributions to the literature enabled by private finance. Times, Sunday Times Among former colleagues, however, he has a reputation as a highly effective bureaucratic tactician, capable of advancing his agenda while outsmarting opponents. Times, Sunday Times With all respect to them, their conclusions did not advance the argument one way or the other. Times, Sunday Times Even the most cashstrapped school can encourage pupils to practise how to give a talk or advance an argument. Times, Sunday Times When you advance an argument, you may want to make it clearer by enumerating the points you're making. Times, Sunday Times When he quotes, it isn't to illustrate a book's particular quiddity but to advance an argument of his own or to pillory perceived deficiencies in its style or logic. The Times Literary Supplement Today, nearly anybody with the means to advance an argument can be lumped into the class of people who get to advance arguments, and thus discounted, because they're advancing one. Times, Sunday Times One lot of scientists advance an idea and then others test it. Times, Sunday Times For instance, they will both advance the idea of a mansion tax and suggest that the wealthy can easily pay more. Times, Sunday Times Such theories advance the idea that intelligence has multiple categories. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They come together with a shared vision because they are intrinsically motivated to do so and seek to collaborate in some way to advance an idea. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This advanced the idea that in our particular classrooms we would be freer to participate. Christianity Today Entry is free but limited space makes advance booking vital. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Most sites require advance booking and may require advance payment so please make sure to check. The Sun (2016) Friends said there was no suggestion she had any advance knowledge of the fraud. Times, Sunday Times The agency was accused of giving athletes advance knowledge of supposedly surprise tests and allowing banned athletes to continue competing. Times, Sunday Times To get the most out of the film, you need to have somehow avoided gaining any advance knowledge of its plot's direction. Times, Sunday Times The universities were expected to engage in scholarship, to advance knowledge and to train young minds in a non-vocational way. The Times Literary Supplement Those who were entrusted with advance knowledge were entrusted with that knowledge precisely because it was believed that they could be trusted. Times, Sunday Times But many would regard his stand as overlooking the costs required to advance peace. Times, Sunday Times The leaders who've done the most to advance peace and freedom throughout history have always known this. The Sun The goal of the interviews was to find out what kind of support they needed to advance peace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You haven't made a single step to advance peace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There's also a bit of advance preparation, so it's not an option for elevenses. Times, Sunday Times For advance preparation, cover and refrigerate them for up to a couple of days. Times, Sunday Times A little advance preparation will go a long way. Times, Sunday Times I wouldn't dream of choosing more than one recipe that didn't allow at least some advance preparation. Times, Sunday Times This practice has become routine in some locales, as advance preparation for official parades and similar events attracting large crowds or important people. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It is also incorrect to say we alerted police while putting out advance publicity for the film. Times, Sunday Times (2012) For that reason there was minimal advance publicity and few media were invited. Times, Sunday Times (2011) At the same time, they were putting out advance publicity for the film. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Knowledge of the fossil record continued to advance rapidly during the first few decades of the 19th century. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Glazing technology has advanced rapidly in the past decade, so replacing the units could be an opportunity to improve the energy performance of your home. Times, Sunday Times Mattress technology has advanced rapidly, with some containing nanotechnology to help keep temperatures optimal. Times,Sunday Times Since then, laser technology has advanced rapidly. Times, Sunday Times Removed from familiar surroundings and boarding in a strange environment made him grow up quickly and his cricket, especially his bowling, advanced rapidly with the opportunities he was given. Times, Sunday Times The project strives to fulfill this goal and advance science in a few ways. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He envisioned the state to be a planned society that would advance science, end nationalism, and allow people to progress by merit rather than birth. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Today's vessels advancing science and the limits of human knowledge are smaller. Times,Sunday Times If it doesn't work, at least we are advancing science by proving what's not possible. The Sun Visual analytics advances science and technology developments in analytical reasoning, interaction, data transformations and representations for computation and visualization, analytic reporting, and technology transition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Work did not advance significantly for many years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fast forward a few decades and one might expect new technology to have advanced significantly. The Sun Wingsuit technology has advanced significantly in the past few years - the materials are lighter and more flexible, the wings are more effective. Times, Sunday Times During the 15th century, cannon advanced significantly, so that bombards were effective siege engines. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The technology of both bit types has advanced significantly to provide improved durability and rate of penetration of the rock. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the fleet sailed upriver, a stiff wind blew and the ships had to advance slowly. Times, Sunday Times These troops would fight in close order and advance slowly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She advances slowly though the crowd like a visiting monarch, dispensing regal hugs. Times, Sunday Times By morning, rescuers were able to start advancing slowly towards the wreckage. Times, Sunday Times They rose in one line and advanced slowly across 700 yards of flat at a walk, while our artillery put in a most effective bombardment. Times, Sunday Times As darkness fell, the attack by the 753 gained momentum advancing steadily on the isolated companies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With experience in draughting, he quickly moved to the draughting room advancing steadily through the posts in the mechanical side of railroad work. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His career advanced steadily over the next two years with a total of nine consecutive victories before being given the chance to fight for his first career title. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The group camped outside most nights, an advance team having scouted locations and secured permits in advance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This group was called the advance team, or the beachhead, as their job was to make initial assessments of the situation for the teams to follow. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet it was only when advance teams of participants started arriving in the past few days that the cumulative incompetence was exposed in the international media. Times, Sunday Times Such collaboration will greatly enhance the pool of talent available to advance technology in this area, and will advance the technology for future space transportation systems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The builders competed against each other with their ultra-lightweight bikes in technical trials over epic mountain rides, competitions that advanced technologies and caught the public imagination. Times, Sunday Times Even when we do not manufacture the cars, we often supply the engines, transmissions and advanced technologies. Times, Sunday Times But elements of its daring design and advanced technology may become reality. Times, Sunday Times The state has engaged outside contractors to jam signals around prisons after realising that the ministry's own jamming equipment was quickly outdated by advancing technology. Times, Sunday Times The park says it will implement new health and safety measures, including controlled attendance and a requirement for advance ticket purchases. Times,Sunday Times All forms of advance ticket sales increased by almost 10 per cent. Times, Sunday Times There were very few advance ticket sales and fans paid in cash. Times, Sunday Times Advance ticket sales are already breaking box-office records. Times, Sunday Times Many people assume that if you are travelling in a few days' time you can't get an advance ticket. The Sun The mission will also try to advance understanding of the moon's composition. Times, Sunday Times It publishes reports that use innovative genomic applications that advance understanding of plant biology and may have applications to crop improvement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This research hub actively creates, applies, and integrates knowledge from across the university and beyond to advance understanding of development challenges and solutions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such information will advance understanding of the fundamental high-energy processes at the core of the solar flare problem. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The sort of place we might be looking at for would be a place of major importance in advancing understanding of the world around us. Times, Sunday Times Those dramatic advances in cinema sound soon found application on the small screen too. Times, Sunday Times The new quantum logic clock could lead to dramatic advances in satellite tracking and unmanned transport. Times, Sunday Times But dramatic advances in ophthalmology in the past 60 years have brought the technology to the forefront of optical enhancement. Times, Sunday Times Not surprisingly, indicators sensitive to financial conditions have shown dramatic advances in recent months, with, perhaps, car sales the most powerful. Times, Sunday Times Meanwhile, a number of leaders of the village made dramatic advances in their political career. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The period featured extraordinary advances in science, medicine, engineering, mathematics, architecture, philosophy, law and agriculture. Times, Sunday Times Extraordinary advances have the potential to transform the prospects of billions. Times, Sunday Times Concrete successes have been vastly outnumbered by failed start-ups, but freedom from red tape and committee-led design has yielded extraordinary advances. Times, Sunday Times The 19th century had seen extraordinary advances in everything from factory conditions to medical technology. Times, Sunday Times The past decade has seen some extraordinary advances in technology. The Sun Police fired tear gas to halt their advance. The Sun As the 2/24th's platoons approached, they were fired upon and forced to halt their advance, establishing a night defensive position. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They applied treatments to halt the advancing pyrite, and set about creating a new, more scientifically accurate mount. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This reportedly halted the advance of the fire and was hailed as a miracle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The formation of pseudocraters halted the advance of the lava in some places creating temporary lava lakes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In a rethinking of conventional wisdom I now think that cooking was the major advance that turned ape into human. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The next major advance was the introduction of checks, which lowered transactions costs still further. Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (1995) Medical advances give players a far better chance of a full recovery now than 20 years ago, but there are no guarantees. Times, Sunday Times He fears it may be linked to a misplaced trust in medical advances. Mail and Guardian Now, medical advances are making the ambition seem achievable. Times, Sunday Times Life expectancy has simply leapt up thanks to medical advances, but we sometimes struggle to make these final years fulfilling ones. Times, Sunday Times Only 3% of patients are alive five years after diagnosis, a rate that has remained almost unchanged for decades despite other medical advances. Times, Sunday Times Rapid advances in robotics mean that robots are now capable of doing all this and much more. Times, Sunday Times Rapid advances in technology are seeing an explosion in catch-up services - repeats of the week's most popular shows without needing to record them in advance. Times, Sunday Times His futuristic plans, though, highlight the rapid advances in technology that herald an era of unprecedented change. Times, Sunday Times Were the rapid advances of the silicon era a historical anomaly? Times, Sunday Times However, privacy and consumer groups fear that the law may prove unable to keep abreast of rapid advances in technology. Times, Sunday Times Recent advances in technology have reinvigorated the investigation, however. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More recent advances have emphasised stealth and the shape and ability of an object to deflect satellite technology. Times, Sunday Times Recent advances in technology mean dangerous criminals have no hiding place and can be tracked down by police years after the event. The Sun He said that lifestyle changes were building up serious health problems that could undermine recent advances in the control of disease. Times, Sunday Times His family would not have been found at all were it not for very recent advances in genetics. Times, Sunday Times Many scientific advances bring with them ethical questions that scientists cannot answer alone. Times, Sunday Times This work enabled the group to make important scientific advances. Times, Sunday Times Scientific advances are to be lauded, but someone must praise imperfection, too. Times, Sunday Times Scientific advances in making molecules tiny or something mean this has changed. Times, Sunday Times We must continue to increase awareness, press political leaders to act and support scientific advances. Times, Sunday Times The institute has also made significant advances in the field of education and training. Times, Sunday Times His innovative screening programmes and laboratory research led to significant advances in managing the condition, understanding its complications and formulating diagnostic criteria. Times, Sunday Times This explosion in genetic data has led to significant advances in diagnostics but so far few new treatments. Times,Sunday Times However, many of the most significant advances are made by scientists whose names are not familiar to the public. Times, Sunday Times Some of the most significant advances in science have originated with mathematical theories for which there was little evidence. Times, Sunday Times Doctors gave him medicine and recommended various exercises to slow the advance of the disease. Times, Sunday Times However, with the parties on a full war footing, those in charge of the campaign know that the wounded cannot be allowed to slow the advance. Times, Sunday Times All along the march militia fired on them, attempting to slow their advance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The regiment deployed along roads and railroads in between the two villages, attempting to slow the advance as much as possible. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Discontent among pilots over surveillance of their conversations was long a factor in slowing the advance of the recording time. Times, Sunday Times On the other hand, the contract clearly set out what the consequences might be, and she had received a substantial advance. Times, Sunday Times He said the research represents 'a substantial advance and demonstrates the potential of a potent new tool in the fight against mosquito-borne infectious disease'. Times, Sunday Times Publishers will no longer promote books unless they have a substantial advance sale, and national book tours are rapidly disappearing. The Times Literary Supplement Eve gets a substantial advance on her inheritance and moves into an apartment that her uncle has rwnted for her. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fighting went on for two more weeks with no substantial advance by either side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Millions of people still play games for the technical advances, not the story. Times, Sunday Times Technical advances are allowing horology houses to embrace the use of thinly sliced, highly polished gemstones and minerals in the creation of striking new dials. Times, Sunday Times Losing touch with technical advances in tablets and televisions. The Sun Being at the forefront of technical advances in the 19th century, his split-second images captured movements previously unseen by the human eye. Times, Sunday Times Amazing technical advances have increased doctors' abilities to treat life-threatening diseases, so that many people live longer. Times, Sunday Times Technological advances in communication, particularly in the past decade, are the primary catalyst. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps not, if we are considering technology and technological advances. Times, Sunday Times Continued technological advances may turn many real newspapers of 2012 into fictions of 2017. The Times Literary Supplement Rather than making flying safer, do these complex technological advances make it more likely that something could go wrong? Times, Sunday Times But recent technological advances are helping us understand that mucous grazers can be picky eaters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Three others then came forward to say he had made unwanted advances. The Sun It can easily lead to questions about your intentions, credibility, and character, undermining key relationships, and even subjecting you to unwanted advances, he says. Christianity Today A number of performers alleged a pattern of unwanted advances and the offer of professional favours. Times,Sunday Times What possible biological function could that perform, except perhaps to repel the unwanted advances of unsuitable cavemen? Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 前进, 前进, 事先的预定、通知、警告等, 发展尤指知识 Japanese: 前進, 前進する, 事前の, 進歩する |
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