advance

1. V-I To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone. (常指为攻击而) 前进

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。

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，大水在以每天8至10英寸的速度逼近。

2. V-I To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something. (尤指知识) 发展

Medical technology has advanced considerably. 医学技术已大大发展了。

3. →see also advanced

4. V-T If you advance someone a sum of money, you lend it to them, or pay it to them earlier than arranged. 提前借 (一笔钱给某人); 提前付 (一笔钱给某人)

I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home. 我先借了些钱给他，他会在回家的路上还给我。

5. V-T To advance an event, or the time or date of an event, means to bring it forward to an earlier time or date. 使提前

Too much protein in the diet may advance the aging process. 饮食中过多的蛋白质会使衰老的过程提前。

6. V-T If you advance a cause, interest, or claim, you support it and help to make it successful. 造成; 促成

When not producing art of his own, Oliver was busy advancing the work of others. 没有创作自己的艺术品时，奥利弗就在忙于促成他人的作品。

7. N-COUNT An advance is money lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it. 预付款

She was paid a $100,000 advance for her next two novels. 她得到了其接下来的两本小说的10万美元的预付款。

8. N-VAR An advance is a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation. (常指军事行动中的) 前进

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。

9. N-VAR An advance in a particular subject or activity is progress in understanding it or in doing it well. (在某科目、某活动中的) 发展

Air safety has not improved since the dramatic advances of the 1970s. 飞行安全自从20世纪70年代的急剧发展以来还没有得到改善。

10. N-SING If something is an advance on what was previously available or done, it is better in some way. 改善[usu 'a' N 'on' n]

This could be an advance on the present situation. 这可能是对目前情况的一次改善。

11. ADJ Advance booking, notice, or warning is done or given before an event happens. 事先的 (预定、通知、警告等)[ADJ n]

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。

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

The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance. 会谈的主题提前一周宣布。