advances

英 [ədˈvɑːnsɪz]

美 [ədˈvænsɪz]

n.  (尤指武装部队的)前进，行进; 进步; 进展; 预付款
v.  (为了进攻、威胁等)前进，行进; (知识、技术等)发展，进步; 促进; 推动
advance的第三人称单数和复数

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柯林斯词典

• VERB （常指为攻击而）前进，推进
  Toadvancemeans to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
  1. Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital...
     来自乍得的报告显示叛军正向首都推进。
  2. The water is advancing at a rate of 5cm a day...
     水位正以每天5厘米的速度上升。
  3. ...a picture of a man throwing himself before an advancing tank.
     一名男子冲向迎面开来的坦克的一幅照片
• See also:Medical technology has advanced considerably...Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.advanced
• VERB 贷给；预付；预支
  If youadvancesomeone a sum of money, you lend it to them, or pay it to them earlier than arranged.
  1. I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home...
     我先借给他一些钱，在我们回家的路上他会还给我的。
  2. The bank advanced $1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments.
     银行预支12亿美元帮助该国偿还债务。
• N-COUNT 贷款;预付款
  Anadvanceis money which is lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it.
  1. She was paid a £100,000 advance for her next two novels.
     她接下来的两部小说得到了10万英镑的预付稿费。
• VERB 提前（未来事件的日期）；使（未来事件）提前发生
  Toadvancean event, or the time or date of an event, means to bring it forward to an earlier time or date.
  1. Too much protein in the diet may advance the ageing process...
     饮食中摄入过量蛋白质可能会加速衰老。
  2. The country's election commission has advanced the date of parliamentary elections by three days.
     该国的选举委员会将议会选举日期提前了3天。
• VERB 促进，推动（事业、利益或主张）；使加速
  If youadvancea cause, interest, or claim, you support it and help to make it successful.
  1. When not producing art of his own, Oliver was busy advancing the work of others.
     奥利弗在不搞自己的艺术创作时，就会忙着帮助别人完成作品。
• VERB 提出（理论、论点）
  When a theory or argumentis advanced, it is put forward for discussion.
  1. Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression...
     就一些女性患抑郁症的原因，各种说法纷至沓来。
  2. An important set of ideas have been advanced by the biologist Rupert Sheldrake.
     生物学家鲁珀特·谢尔德雷克已提出了一整套重要的观点。
• N-VAR （常指军事行动中的）前进，行进，推进
  Anadvanceis a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation.
  1. ...an advance on enemy positions...
     向敌方阵地推进
  2. The defences are intended to obstruct any advance by tanks and other vehicles.
     这些防御工事用于阻止坦克等车辆前进。
• N-PLURAL 挑逗；勾引
  If you makeadvancesto someone, you try to start a sexual relationship with them.
  1. Mark had for some time been making advances towards her...
     马克追她已经有一段时间了。
  2. She rejected his advances during the trip to Cannes.
     在去往戛纳的途中，她拒绝了他的挑逗。
• N-VAR 进步；进展
  Anadvancein a particular subject or activity is progress in understanding it or in doing it well.
  1. Air safety has not improved since the dramatic advances of the 1970s...
     航空安全自从20世纪70年代得到显著提高之后，至今再没有任何改善。
  2. Their progress at work was mirrored by their children's educational advance.
     子女在学业上有所进步，他们在工作上也就会有所起色。
• N-SING 改进；改善
  If something is anadvance onwhat was previously available or done, it is better in some way.
  1. This could be an advance on the present situation.
     这样可能会改善当前状况。
• ADJ 预先的；事先的
  Advancebooking, notice, or warning is done or given before an event happens.
  1. They don't normally give any advance notice about which building they're going to inspect...
     他们一般不会预先通知检查哪座大楼。
  2. The event received little advance publicity.
     关于该事件事先几乎没有报道。
• ADJ 先行的；先遣的
  Anadvanceparty or group is a small group of people who go on ahead of the main group.
  1. The 20-strong advance party will be followed by another 600 soldiers as part of UN relief efforts.
     作为联合国救援行动的一部分，在这支由20多人组成的先头部队之后还将增派600名士兵。
• PREP-PHRASE 在…的前面；在…之前
  If one thing happens or is donein advance ofanother, it happens or is done before the other thing.
  1. I had asked everyone to submit questions in advance of the meeting.
     我已请每个人在会议之前提交问题。
• PHRASE 提前;事先
  If you do somethingin advance, you do it before a particular date or event.
  1. The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance.
     会谈的主题已提前一周宣布。

双语例句

• My main reason for subscribing to New Scientist is to keep abreast of advances in science.
  我订阅《新科学家》主要是为了了解科学的最新进展。
• Great advances have been made.
  取得很大进步。
• Recent technical advances offer the promise of further genotyping and phenotyping for important tumor-associated genes and proteins.
  近年来检测技术的发展为进一步检测出重要肿瘤相关基因和蛋白的基因分型和表型带来了希望。
• Advances in medical science have made it possible to cure many so-called incurable diseases.
  医学的发达，使很多所谓痼疾都能治愈。
• This paper analyzes on the reasons of the compensation ropes jumping from slot, and advances some preventive measures.
  对补偿绳脱槽的原因进行了分析，并有针对性地提出了预防措施。
• Encouraging advances in medical research.
  医学研究的振奋人心的进展。
• A number of recent advances hold out if not the hope of a cure, then at least the possibility of some drug which could stop the spread of the virus
  近来的一些进展即使不能提供治愈的希望，也至少有望研制出来某种药物来阻止病毒的传播。
• Advances were realized in the fields of travel literature, cartography, geography, and scientific education.
  进步实现领域中的旅游文学，制图学，地理和科学教育。
• For the moment, technological advances are supporting ethanol and biodiesel's place in the global fuel mix.
  眼下，科技进步为乙醇和生物柴油在全球燃料结构中的地位提供了支持。
• Modern advances in the fields of computer, control system, communications have a close relationship with electronics.
  近代计算机、控制系统和通信等方面的进展都与电子学有着密切的关系。