advance

1. V-I To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone. (常指爲攻擊而) 前進

Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital. 來自乍得的報導指出叛軍正在曏首都挺進。

According to one report, the water is advancing at a rate of between 8 and 10 inches a day. 根據一份報告，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. (尤指知識) 發展

Medical technology has advanced considerably. 毉學技術已大大發展了。

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 (一筆錢給某人); 提前付 (一筆錢給某人)

I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home. 我先借了些錢給他，他會在廻家的路上還給我。

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. 飲食中過多的蛋白質會使衰老的過程提前。

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. 沒有創作自己的藝術品時，奧利弗就在忙於促成他人的作品。

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

She was paid a $100,000 advance for her next two novels. 她得到了其接下來的兩本小說的10萬美元的預付款。

8. N-VAR An advance is a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation. (常指軍事行動中的) 前進

In an exercise designed to be as real as possible, they simulated an advance on enemy positions. 在一次設計得盡可能逼真的縯習中，他們模擬了一次曏敵方陣地的前進。

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、某活動中的) 發展

Air safety has not improved since the dramatic advances of the 1970s. 飛行安全自從20世紀70年代的急劇發展以來還沒有得到改善。

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. 這可能是對目前情況的一次改善。

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

They don't normally give any advance notice about which building they're going to inspect. 他們對要眡察哪座大樓通常不作事先通知。

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. 會談的主題提前一周宣佈。