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TOEFL BNC: 1880 COCA: 2296

advance

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ad·vance1 /ədˈvɑːns $ ədˈvæns/ ●●○ W3 noun  
1  in advance (of something) BEFOREbefore something happens or is expected to happen 预先，提前；（在某事）发生之前
 I should warn you in advance that I’m not a very good dancer.
我要先提醒你，我跳舞不是很好。
 Many thanks, in advance, for your help.
对你的帮助预先表示万分感谢。
six months/a year etc in advance
 Book tickets 21 days in advance.
请提前21天订票。
 Could you distribute copies well in advance of the meeting?
开会前把复印件早早分发下去，好吗？
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in advance (of something)• Admission is $ 7 at the door, $ 6 in advance and $ 5 for Tucson Blues Society members.• Admission is free to all ticket holders and there is no need to book in advance.• The walk is suitable for all the family and places must be booked in advance.• The Assembly passed legislation which required organizers of demonstrations to apply three days in advance for government approval.• It was another to tell him in advance you were going to.• Although it cuts down on your freedom, Steves now recommends making make reservations at least a few hours in advance.• Most are commissioned but proposals can be made in advance to the News and Views Editor.• So Whitney now works out arrangements with her partner in advance to avoid problems down the road.
2  be in advance of somebody/something to be more developed or modern than someone or something else 超前于某人/某物；比某事物先进
 Their aircraft were in advance of those used by the US.
他们的飞机比美国人用的要先进。
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be in advance of somebody/something• In several ways, then, a catalogue may be in advance of any other publications.
3  development/improvement 发展/改进PROGRESS [countableC] a change, discovery, or invention that brings progress 进步，进展
technological/scientific/medical etc advance
 one of the great technological advances of the 20th century
20世纪伟大的科技进步之一
 a major advance
一项重大进展
advance in
 Recent advances in genetics have raised moral questions.
遗传学的最新进展引起了道德上的争议。
advance on
 an advance on previous treatments
对以往治疗方法的改进
 the advances made in the understanding of mental handicap
在了解智障方面取得的进步
► see thesaurus at progress
4  forward movement 向前的移动 [countableC]FORWARD forward movement or progress of a group of people – used especially to talk about soldiers 前进，推进〔尤指士兵〕
advance on
 the enemy’s advance on St. Petersburg
敌军向圣彼得堡推进
5  money 金钱 [countableC usually singular]PAY FOR money paid to someone before the usual time, especially someone’s salary 预付款
 a $500 advance
500美元预付款
advance on
 Krebs decided to ask for an advance on his salary.
克雷布斯决定要求预支薪水。
6  advances SY[plural] formal an attempt to start a sexual relationship with someone 求爱；挑逗，勾引
 She accused her boss of making advances to her.
她指控老板勾引她。
 The witness said that he ‘went berserk’ when she rejected his sexual advances.
证人称，她拒绝他的挑逗，他便“勃然大怒”。
7. increase 增加INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT [countableC] an increase in the price or value of something – used especially when talking about the stock exchange 〔价格或价值的〕上涨，攀升〔尤用于证券交易〕
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advance• Advances in medical science may make it possible for people to live for 150 years.• Dr Martineau had written an article about advances in medicine over the last five years.• Despite these somewhat pessimistic conclusions, the study represents an advance on earlier studies in this field of inquiry.• There was a big advance in the price of gold today.• The last 20 years have seen enormous advances in communications technology.• When she declined his advances, he entrusted her to a matron of a sinful house.• But it is also useful to plan formal dissemination in advance.• Reserve tickets in advance by calling the box office at 622-2823.• The child is warned in advance about those behaviours that are considered inappropriate and the consequences that will follow from them.• Every yard of advance was strewn with the fallen.• Being purely quantitative measures, they fail to illuminate qualitative advances.• Observers monitored the army's advance on the capital.• On the other hand, past concerns have been solved by technological advances.• The discovery marks a significant technological advance.
technological/scientific/medical etc advance• Furthermore, the competitive market system would seem to provide an environment conducive to the rapid diffusion of a technological advance.• However, affluence and technological advances have created new kinds of safety hazards for people who live in Western society.• From the first, these universal histories represented both scientific advances and political and religious challenges.• Competition and complementarity between systems are being stressed, together with an assessment of likely technological advances.• Moreover, technological advances compound engine makers' problems.• Other medical advances were often the subject of rather more hesitation.• Despite all the technological advances of science, it seemed survival still depended on the action of a man.
Related topics: Chronology
advance2 ●●○ W3 verb  
1  move forward 向前移动FORWARD [intransitiveI] to move towards someone or something, especially in a slow and determined way – used especially to talk about soldiers 前进，推进〔尤指士兵〕
 A line of US tanks slowly advanced.
一列美军坦克缓缓前进。
advance on
 Troops advanced on the rebel stronghold (=moved towards it in order to attack it).
军队向叛乱分子的据点推进。
advance across/through/towards
 The army advanced across the plain.
军队前进穿过平原。
2  develop 发展PROGRESS [intransitiveI, transitiveT] if scientific or technical knowledge advances, or if something advances it, it develops and improves （使）进展
3  money 金钱PAY FOR [transitiveT] to give someone money before they have earned it 预支
4  advance your career/a cause/your interests etc SUCCESSFULto do something that will help you achieve an advantage or success for yourself or someone else 促进职业/事业/兴趣等的发展
5. price 价格INCREASE IN NUMBER OR AMOUNT [intransitiveI] if the price or value of something advances, it increases – used especially when talking about the stock exchange 〔价格、价值〕上涨〔尤用于证券交易〕
6  time/date 时间/日期BEFORE [transitiveT] formal to change the time or date when an event should happen to an earlier time or date 提前，提早
7. machine 机器TMC [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formal if you advance a film, clock, musical recording etc, or if it advances, it goes forward （使）〔电影、钟表、唱片等〕向前移动；把〔钟表〕拨快
→ advancing
Examples from the Corpus
advance• The players get paid based on how far they advance.• Villagers hid in the hills as the troops advanced.• In early 1940 the army began to advance across France.• Ten goals in nine matches since he returned from Sydney suggest that his reputation is advancing by the week.• Our knowledge of the deepest parts of the ocean has advanced considerably over the last ten years.• The plane slowly advanced down the runway and then paused, ready for take-off.• Two possible interpretations of this effect were advanced in Chapter 5.• No such argument has been advanced in the present case, and their Lordships need say nothing about it.• Only once before had they advanced past the Minnesota 31.• These men advanced the same arguments against Holy Trinity that conservative theologians employed against the progressive Church.• Oil stocks advanced today in heavy trading.• Computer technology is advancing very rapidly.
advance across/through/towards• No one should be expected to advance through life-or school-in quite the same way as anyone else.• Again and again I attempted to advance towards my father.• I had advanced through the ranks and held a responsible middle-management position.• She advanced through the shadows less cautiously, her only fear now that there would be no one to meet her.• Tickets cost £12 and are bookable in advance through the Theatre Administrator.• These aims were to be advanced through the twin application of development plans and development control powers.• The railway had advanced across the Urals by 1874.• Tickets are $ 7 at the door or in advance through Ticketmaster, 321-1000.
advance somebody something• Will they advance you some money until your get your first paycheck?
advance3 adjectiveadj  
1  advance planning/warning/booking etc BEFOREplanning etc that is done before an event 预先计划/警告/订购等
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advance planning/warning/booking etc• However, Redmond and Manschreck acknowledged that they had not billed for or received any money for the advance planning.• It will also repay advance bookings.• Perhaps the most widely used online service is travel planning, both to research a destination and to do advance bookings.• Significant moments in history do not happen without some kind of advance warning.• For course details details and advance booking forms contact:.• If we could list those we'd have advance warning of shortage problems on the assembly lines two months before they occur.• The most obvious features are the tall watchtowers scattered across the Silk Road to provide advance warning of Xiongnu attack.
2. advance party/team BEFOREa group of people who go first to a place where something will happen to prepare for it 〔提前到某地为活动做准备的〕先遣队，先遣人员
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advance party/team• Henkel made the change-and that resulted in an unusual problem for the advance team.• One of Isambard's advance party, and by the cut of him a man of importance.• I had flown out to Novosibirsk with the advance party at the beginning of September.• Dawson felt as if he were the advance party for a dawn raid.• In this they had the enthusiastic collaboration of professional media advance teams from both governments.• Our advance party had done a big job.• Fields was wearing a set of the new jungle fatigues and boots that the advance party had picked up for him.• Some advance party with orders in preparation for Isambard's reception.
3. advance copy a copy of a book, record etc that has not yet been made available to the public 〔书的〕样本；〔唱片的〕样片
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advance copy• By the time he did, her new book was out and her publishers had sent him an advance copy.• One day Harry comes into the office silently holding up an advance copy of one of the professional journals.• The Advocate wound up releasing advance copies of the interview to the media over Thanksgivinga week before our board meeting.
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advance• Advance bookings for the concert start today.• It will also repay advance bookings.• The aim was to give the writers the advance information they always sought and to gain interest from cinemas.• Airport visas may be obtained if forty-eight hours advance notice has been provided.• Admission to the museum and parking are free, but advance parking reservations are required.• I had flown out to Novosibirsk with the advance party at the beginning of September.• However, Redmond and Manschreck acknowledged that they had not billed for or received any money for the advance planning.• Deal with advance reservations. 7.• The advance training gets the patient up and walking sooner after surgery.• Aid workers say the village had no advance warning of the floods.
From Longman Business Dictionary
advancead·vance1 /ədˈvɑːnsədˈvæns/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
done before an event happens
A small fee is charged for this service and advance notice of at least two weeks is required.
A fair-minded employer will usually give employees plenty ofadvance warning of possible redundancies.
advanceadvance2 noun [countableC]
1an amount of money paid to someone before the usual time, or before a piece of work has been completed
advance of
We could offer you an advance of £1,000 and the rest on satisfactory completion of the book.
advance on
He had received an advance on his wages.
→ bank advance
2an increase in the amount, level, or price of something
UK stocks have risen sharply, with further advances expected.
advance in
Analysts forecast a 6% decline in Italian car sales and an 8% advance in French sales.
advanceadvance3 verb
1[transitiveT] if you advance someone money, you lend it to them or give it to them, perhaps before they have earned it
Patrons advanced sums of money for building an art gallery.
advance somebody something
Random House had advanced him the money to write a book.
2[intransitiveI]FINANCE when the price of shares, currencies, goods etc advances, it increases
Gold prices advanced slightly in early trading.
Crude oil advanced $2.88 a barrel.
advance against
The dollar advanced against the yen.
3[intransitiveI]FINANCE when profits or sales advance, they increase
Pre-tax profits advanced 4% to £8.4 million.
First-quarter sales advanced 36%.
4[intransitiveI]FINANCE when a company advances, its profit increases
The company advanced 19.5%, lifting net profits to 1.25 billion rupees.
Origin advance2
(1200-1300) Old French avancier, from Vulgar Latin abantiare, from Latin abante “before”
ad·vance1 nounadvance2 verbadvance3 adjectiveadj
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