| 单词 | advance |
| 释义 | advance (once / 38 pages) 1vnadj 2nvadj 3vn 4vn The experience of having a wild monkey advance on you is pretty scary. The verb advance means "move forward purposefully." When you move forward, you advance. You can advance a chess piece on a board, advance toward someone across a room, or observe an army as it advances into a country. Advance also means "make progress," as when you advance your knowledge of Spanish by traveling to Ecuador, or "to loan money," which a bank does by making an advance of a thousand dollars. Since the 1700s, to make advances has also meant to make romantic overtures or to flirt. WORD FAMILYadvance: advanced, advancement, advancer, advances, advancing+/advancement: advancements/advancer: advancers USAGE EXAMPLESEven so, both parties concurred on one point: American support for Israel was crucial for advancing the cause of peace. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Open in September and hasn’t advanced past the second round at her home tournament in Queensland state. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He tweets prolifically but says he rarely uses any other communications technology more advanced than the telephone. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v move forward, also in the metaphorical sense Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw pull back or move away or backward back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdrawmake a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity forge move ahead steadily penetratemake one's way deeper into or through creep up, sneak upadvance stealthily or unnoticed encroach, impinge, infringeadvance beyond the usual limit plough on, press on, push oncontinue moving forward string, string alongmove or come along overhaul, overtake, passtravel past close in, draw inadvance or converge on edge, inchadvance slowly, as if by inches rachet up, ratchet, ratchet downmove by degrees in one direction only elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip bypass by get bypass or move in front of fell, fly, vanishpass away rapidly clear, toppass by, over, or under without making contact go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v cause to move forward Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bring forward back cause to travel backward backtravel backward nose advance the forward part of with caution displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 3v move forward we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward Syn|Hyper set ahead set set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly 4v bring forward for consideration or acceptance advance an argument Syn|Hyper throw out advise, propose, suggest make a proposal, declare a plan for something 5n a movement forward Syn|Hypo|Hyper progress, progression head, headway forward movement change of location, travel a movement through space that changes the location of something 6n the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper advancement, forward motion, onward motion, procession, progress, progression retreat the act of withdrawing or going backward (especially to escape something hazardous or unpleasant) push an effort to advance career, life historythe general progression of your working or professional life marcha steady advance clear sailing, easy going, plain sailingeasy unobstructed progress leapfrogadvancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors motion, move, movement the act of changing location from one place to another 7n a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others she rejected his advances Syn|Hyper approach, feeler, overture proffer, proposition, suggestion a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection 8adj situated ahead or going before 2an advance party Syn advanced, in advance front relating to or located in the front 1n an amount paid before it is earned Syn|Hyper cash advance amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money a quantity of money 2v pay in advance Can you advance me some money? Hyper lend, loan give temporarily; let have for a limited time 3adj being ahead of time or need 3gave advance warning Syn beforehand early at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time 1v contribute to the progress or growth of Syn|Hypo|Hyper boost, encourage, further, promote connive at, wink at give one's silent approval to foster, furtherpromote the growth of spurincite or stimulate helpcontribute to the furtherance of carrytake further or advance feedsupport or promote conduce, contribute, leadbe conducive to back up, support give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to 2v develop further We are advancing technology every day Hyper ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 3v give a promotion to or assign to a higher position Women tend not to advance in the major law firms Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise, upgrade break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate assign to a lower position; reduce in rank tenure give life-time employment to bring uppromote from a lower position or rank spot promotepromote on the spot ennoble, entitle, gentlegive a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility favor, favour, preferpromote over another brevetpromote somebody by brevet, in the military baronetise, baronetizeconfer baronetcy upon lordmake a lord of someone dub, knightraise (someone) to knighthood advantagegive an advantage to assign, delegate, depute, designate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) 4v obtain advantages, such as points, etc. Syn|Ant|Hypo gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win drop off, fall back, fall behind, lose, recede retreat steal steal a base hit, rack up, score, tallygain points in a game parmake a score (on a hole) equal to par shootscore convertscore (a spare) convertcomplete successfully convertscore an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone homerhit a home run kickmake a goal eagleshoot in two strokes under par hole upscore a hole in one acescore an ace against walkobtain a base on balls equalise, equalize, get evencompensate; make the score equal get, have, makeachieve a point or goal 5v develop in a positive way Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up regress, retrograde, retrogress get worse or fall back to a previous condition climb improve one's social status leapfrogprogress by large jumps instead of small increments develop grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment 6n a change for the better; progress in development 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper betterment, improvement resurgence, revitalisation, revitalization, revival, revivification bringing again into activity and prominence elaboration, refinementthe result of improving something accommodation, adjustment, fittingmaking or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances conservation, preservationan occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change recoveryreturn to an original state readjustmentthe act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) domesticationaccommodation to domestic life habituationa general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions Renaissance, Renascence, rebirththe revival of learning and culture regenerationthe activity of spiritual or physical renewal resurrectiona revival from inactivity and disuse resuscitationthe act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness shakedowninitial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state shift, transformation, transmutation a qualitative change 1v increase or raise Syn|Hyper boost, supercharge increase make bigger or more 2v rise in rate or price Syn|Hyper gain climb, mount, rise, wax go up or advance 3n increase in price or value the news caused a general advance on the stock market Syn|Hyper rise increase, step-up the act of increasing something |
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