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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ad·vance
(ad·vanced ; ad·vanc·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English advauncen, from Anglo-French avancer, from Vulgar Latin *abantiare, from Late Latin abante in front, from Latin ab- + ante before — more at ante- DATE 15th century transitive verb 1. to accelerate the growth or progress of advance a cause 2. to bring or move forward advance a pawn 3. to raise to a higher rank 4. archaic : to lift up : raise 5. to bring forward in time; especially : to make earlier advance the date of the meeting 6. to bring forward for notice, consideration, or acceptance : propose advance an idea 7. to supply or furnish in expectation of repayment advance a loan 8. to raise in rate : increase advance the rent intransitive verb 1. to move forward : proceed an advancing army 2. to make progress : increase advance in age 3. to rise in rank, position, or importance advance through the ranks 4. to rise in rate or price advancing wages • ad·vanc·er noun Synonyms. advance , promote , forward , further mean to help (someone or something) to move ahead. advance stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end advance the cause of peace promote suggests an encouraging or fostering and may denote an increase in status or rank a campaign to promote better health forward implies an impetus forcing something ahead a wage increase would forward productivity further suggests a removing of obstacles in the way of a desired advance used the marriage to further his career
noun DATE 1668 1. a moving forward 2. a. progress in development mistaking material advance for spiritual enrichment — H. J. Laski b. a progressive step : improvement an advance in medical technique 3. a rise in price, value, or amount 4. a first step or approach made her attitude discouraged all advances 5. a provision of something (as money or goods) before a return is received; also : the money or goods supplied • • • - in advance - in advance of
adjective DATE 1701 1. made, sent, or furnished ahead of time advance sales 2. going or situated before an advance party of soldiers an advance guard English Etymology advance early 13c., from O.Fr . avancer "move forward," from V.L.*abanteare(It. avanzare, Sp. avanzar), from L.L. abante "from before," composed of ab- "from" + ante "before, in front of, against," from PIE *anti "against," locative singular of *ant- "front, forehead." The -d- was inserted 16c. on mistaken notion that initial a- was L. ad-. Meaning "to give money before it is legally due" is first attested 1670s. The noun is first recorded 1520s; advances"amorous overtures" is from 1706. The adj. (in advance warning, etc.) is not recorded before 1910.http://O.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ advance ad·vance / Ed5vB:ns; NAmE -5vAns / nounFORWARD MOVEMENT 向前运动 1. [C] the forward movement of a group of people, especially armed forces (尤指武装部队的)前进,行进: We feared that an advance on the capital would soon follow. 我们担心接下来会马上向首都推进。 DEVELOPMENT 发展 2. [C, U] ~ (in sth) progress or a development in a particular activity or area of understanding 进步；进展: recent advances in medical science 医学的最新进展 We live in an age of rapid technological advance. 我们生活在技术迅猛发展的时代。 MONEY 金钱 3. [C, usually sing.] money paid for work before it has been done or money paid earlier than expected 预付款: They offered an advance of £5 000 after the signing of the contract. 他们在合同签订后预付了 5 000 英镑。 She asked for an advance on her salary. 她要求预支薪金。 SEXUAL 两性 4. advances [pl.] attempts to start a sexual relationship with sb 勾引；求爱；追求: He had made advances to one of his students. 他曾追求过他的一个学生。 PRICE INCREASE 涨价 5. [C] ~ (on sth) (business 商) an increase in the price or value of sth (价格、价值的)上涨,提高: Share prices showed significant advances. 股票价格大幅上涨。 IDIOMS ▪ in advance (of sth) 1. before the time that is expected; before sth happens (时间上)在…前；预先；事先: a week / month / year in advance 提前一星期/一月/一年 It's cheaper if you book the tickets in advance. 预订票要便宜一些。 People were evacuated from the coastal regions in advance of the hurricane. 飓风袭来之前,沿海地带的人已经撤离。 2. more developed than sb / sth else (发展上)超前: Galileo's ideas were well in advance of the age in which he lived. 伽利略的思想远远超越了他所处的时代。 verbMOVE FORWARD 向前运动 1. [V] ~ (on / towards sb / sth) to move forward towards sb / sth, often in order to attack or threaten them or it (为了进攻、威胁等)前进,行进: The mob advanced on us, shouting angrily. 暴民愤怒地喊叫着向我们逼近。 The troops were finally given the order to advance. 部队终于得到前进的命令。 They had advanced 20 miles by nightfall. 夜幕降临时,他们已推进了 20 英里。 the advancing Allied troops 节节挺进的盟军部队 ⇨ compare retreat DEVELOP 发展 2. if knowledge, technology, etc. advances, it develops and improves (知识、技术等)发展,进步 ▪ [V] Our knowledge of the disease has advanced considerably over recent years. 近年来我们对这种疾病的了解深入多了。 ▪ [VN] This research has done much to advance our understanding of language learning. 这项研究大大提高了我们对语言学习的认识。 HELP TO SUCCEED 促进 3. [VN] to help sth to succeed 促进；推动 SYN further :
Studying for new qualifications is one way of advancing your career. 为提高学历而进修是促进事业发展的一个办法。 They worked together to advance the cause of democracy. 他们合力推动民主事业。 MONEY 金钱 4. ~ sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) sth to give sb money before the time it would usually be paid 预付 ▪ [VN VNN] We are willing to advance the money to you. 我们愿意预付款给你。 We will advance you the money. 我们将把款子预付给你。 SUGGEST 建议 5. [VN] (formal) to suggest an idea, a theory, or a plan for other people to discuss 提出(想法、理论、计划) SYN put forward :
The article advances a new theory to explain changes in the climate. 这篇文章提出了一个解释气候变化的新理论。 MAKE EARLIER 提前 6. [VN] (formal) to change the time or date of an event so that it takes place earlier 提前；提早 SYN bring forward :
The date of the trial has been advanced by one week. 审判日期提前了一星期。 OPP postpone MOVE FORWARD 向前运动 7. (formal) to move forward to a later part of sth; to move sth forward to a later part 向前推(至下一步)；(使)向前移动: ▪ [V] Users advance through the program by answering a series of questions. 用户通过回答一系列问题,逐步完成整个程序。 ▪ [VN] This button advances the tape to the beginning of the next track. 这个按钮可使录音带转到下一个节目的开始。 INCREASE 增加 8. [V] (business 商) (of prices, costs, etc. 价格、成本等) to increase in price or amount 上涨；增加: Oil shares advanced amid economic recovery hopes. 在一片经济复苏的希望中石油股票价格上涨。 adjective[only before noun] 1. done or given before sth is going to happen 预先的；事先的: Please give us advance warning of any changes. 如有变动,请事先通知我们。 We need advance notice of the numbers involved. 我们需要事先得知涉及的数量。 No advance booking is necessary on most departures. 大多数起程票无须预订。 2. ~ party / team a group of people who go somewhere first, before the main group 先遣队；先头部队 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English advance noun 1 forward movement ADJ. rapid | Allied, British, German, etc. VERB + ADVANCE make The regiment made an advance on the enemy lines. | order The general ordered an advance to the front line. | halt, resist, stop PREP. on ~ the advance on Leningrad | to ~, towards ~ the Russian advance towards Berlin 2 development ADJ. big, considerable, dramatic, enormous, great, spectacular, substantial, tremendous | important, major, notable, remarkable, significant | rapid, steady rapid advances in science and technology | recent | economic, educational, medical, political, scientific, social, technical, technological | theoretical VERB + ADVANCE make We need more money if we are to make any further advances in this area of science. PREP. in ~ two major advances in orthopaedic medicine | on ~ an advance on the existing techniques | towards ~ an advance towards a better understanding of God 3 money ADJ. large | cash VERB + ADVANCE give, pay The publishers have paid me an advance. | get, receive PREP. ~ of an advance of £10,000 | ~ on He was paid £5,000 as an advance on royalties. 4 advances: sexual ADJ. amorous, sexual VERB + ADVANCE make He made amorous advances to one of his students. PREP. ~ to OLT advance noun ⇨ loan (an advance on your salary)⇨ offer 1 (make sexual advances)⇨ progress (technological advance) advance verb ⇨ develop 1 (technology advances)⇨ go 1 (troops advance)⇨ lend (advance sb money)⇨ promote (advance a cause)⇨ propose (advance a theory) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ad·vance I. \ədˈvan(t)s, -aa(ə)n-, -ain-, -ȧn- also ad-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English advauncen, alteration (influenced by Latin ad-) of avauncen, from Old French avancier, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin abantiare, from Latin abante before, from before, from ab- + ante before — more at ante- transitive verb 1. : to move forward along a course or toward a terminus or goal :make to proceed or to progress < preparing to advance his pawn > : forward < finding ways to advance the job more rapidly > a. : to accelerate the progress or hasten the development of < advance the ripening of fruit > b. : to help on or aid the success or improvement of : further < volunteers soliciting funds to advance the work of the society > < used propaganda to advance their cause > < advancing his own interests at the expense of his friend's > 2. : to raise in rank or position : promote < the rank of lieutenant, to which he was advanced in 1940 > < was advanced to the priesthood > < advanced him over the heads of his seniors > : raise in importance < in advancing the husband in the office, the corporation is quite likely to advance him socially — W.H.Whyte > 3. obsolete : extol , magnify , laud < greatly advancing his gay chivalry — Edmund Spenser > 4. : to supply or provide ahead of time: a. law : to furnish by way of an advancement b. : to supply (as money or other value) beforehand in expectation of repayment or other future adjustment < advance an employee a week's pay as a loan > < to farmers willing to raise soybeans, seed is advanced by the company — American Guide Series: Michigan > 5. archaic : to lift up : raise , elevate < advanced their eyelids — Shakespeare > 6. : to bring forward in time: a. : to make earlier (as an event or date) : hasten < first scheduled for November 1, then advanced to October 15 > b. : to bring or set forward to a later time : make or place later < modern scholarship has advanced the date of composition from the first to the second century A.D. > c. : to readjust (the timing of an ignition spark) so that ignition occurs earlier with reference to top dead center in the piston stroke 7. a. : to set, push, or thrust forward, ahead, or to or toward the front : cause to go on < cautiously advancing one foot > < advanced the tunnel 10 feet a day > < advance the hands of a clock > b. phonetics (1) : to move (the tongue) further forward (2) : front 8. : to bring forward for notice, consideration, or acceptance : bring to view : offer , propose < advance an opinion > < explanations were advanced and rejected > < those advancing a claim to the vacant throne > 9. : to raise in rate : increase < measures to keep landlords from advancing rents unfairly > < advancing the price of gasoline twice in one week > intransitive verb 1. : to move forward : go or come forward : proceed < opened the door and advanced into the room > < saw in the distance another lantern advancing toward them — Anne D. Sedgwick > < the infantry advanced to the attack > < the physicist, accustomed to … advancing from certainty — American Scholar > 2. : to increase or make progress < a question on which knowledge is advancing > < as he advanced in age and stature he advanced in knowledge > < their children are advancing toward maturity > < sagebrush and juniper are advancing at the expense of grass — G.R.Stewart > 3. : to rise in rank, position, or importance < at 30 he had already advanced to colonel > < the family has advanced to a position of influence in the community > < the self-made man … who advanced through his own unaided efforts — R.B.Morris > < have a fair chance to advance > 4. : to rise in rate or price < as wages advanced, so did the cost of living > < government securities advanced steadily > 5. of a color : to seem to come forward toward the viewer : stand out to the eye < deep colors advance > — contrasted with recede Synonyms: forward , further , promote : these four verbs signify in common to help to move ahead. advance , forward , and further are virtually interchangeable. If a distinction exists it is perhaps that advance more than the others lays stress on the movement forward or the effectiveness of the assistance to that end < these policies had been considerably advanced during the preceding year — Americana Annual > < ever alert to advance the cause of the freedom — W.H.Allison > forward is seldom applied to persons and perhaps stresses a little more than advance the activity or moral force intended to achieve the movement forward < the high school as a means of forwarding the education of all youth — T.H.Briggs > < his military operations were successful, forwarding the Union cause — T.M.Spaulding > further may be said, in comparison to advance and forward , to put the least stress upon the movement forward and a great deal on the activity or force < furthering no special school of art, the institute seeks to make the museum a compendium of the evolution and history of art as a whole — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < to further his selfish ends, he kept Monica from marrying the young man of her choice — Ann F. Wolfe > promote , in the sense pertinent here, usually implies nothing about a movement forward; it stresses solely the activity of assisting, encouraging, or fostering advancement, especially openly < she decided to promote a crusade to the Holy Land in a specially chartered liner — Carey McWilliams > < a sound forest economy promotes the prosperity of agriculture and rural life — A.F.Gustafson > Synonym: see in addition cite .II. noun (-s) 1. : a moving forward < the advance of the infantry > < the advance of the polar caps > < the frontier advance followed a well-defined pattern — R.A.Billington > 2. a. : forward movement on a course of action or development : progress , improvement < mistaking material advance for spiritual enrichment — H.J.Laski > < the advance of farm techniques > < recent advances in social legislation > b. : a manifestation of progress or improvement : a step forward or beyond < far from being an advance on its predecessor, his new play is a regression > < a method which was a definite advance over earlier practices > 3. : a rise or increase (as in price, value, or amount) : addition to the price < during the year many workers won wage advances > < a year-long advance in stock prices > 4. : a first step toward the attainment of a result : an approach made (as to gain favor, form an acquaintance, adjust a difference) : overture , tender , offer < an attitude that discouraged all advances > < she would certainly misunderstand the most guarded words, the most careful advances — Joseph Conrad > 5. : a furnishing of something (as money or goods) before a return is received : payment beforehand : the money or goods thus furnished : money or value supplied beforehand < offered him an advance to complete the book > < may also make cash advances to the packers before shipment is made — E.A.Duddy > 6. a. : the translational movement of a body in helical motion (as the forward motion of a screw) b. : the interval by which an event in a cycle precedes a reference datum 7. : a story written for a news medium before the actual event < a Halloween advance written early in October > 8. : the distance made parallel to the original course of a turning ship from the time of putting the rudder over until the ship is on the new course • - in advance - in advance of III. \ədˈv-, (ˈ)ad|v-\ adjective Etymology: advance (II) 1. : given, made, sent, issued, furnished, or received ahead of time or of need < advance payment > < an advance copy of a book > < advance information > 2. : going before < sent out an advance party of soldiers > 3. : forward of major bases of supply < an advance depot > < advance base > |
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