Advance

(noun.) increase in price or value; 'the news caused a general advance on the stock market'.

(noun.) an amount paid before it is earned.

(verb.) rise in rate or price; 'The stock market gained 24 points today'.

(verb.) develop further; 'We are advancing technology every day'.

(verb.) bring forward for consideration or acceptance; 'advance an argument'.

(verb.) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; 'Time marches on'.

(verb.) cause to move forward; 'Can you move the car seat forward?'.

(verb.) move forward; 'we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward'.

(verb.) pay in advance; 'Can you advance me some money?'.

(adj.) situated ahead or going before; 'an advance party'; 'at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies' .

(adj.) being ahead of time or need; 'gave advance warning'; 'was beforehand with her report' .

整理:雷蒙德

• At the same time he motioned his followers to advance. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• They appear even now preparing to advance--God of Zion, protect us! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• This was a great advance, as a more accurate division of time was had by improving the isochronous properties of the vibrating escapement. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Tycho Brahe had a great reverence for Copernicus, but he did not accept his planetary system; and he fe lt that advance in astronomy depended on painstaking observation. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Two hundred years, nearly, elapsed before the next important advance in horology. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The sole region of Christian advance was Spain. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I find that it is out of the question that my wife's father should make such an advance. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This advanced Warren's position on the Weldon Railroad very considerably. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• As he advanced in years, however, he became subject to fits of the gout, to which, in 1782, a nephritic cholic was superadded. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Tars Tarkas advanced toward me, holding out one of his arms, and we thus proceeded to the plaza without further mishap. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• As we advanced the light increased until presently we emerged into well-lighted passageways. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• It resulted in securing more advanced positions for all our troops where they were fully covered from the fire of the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We again advanced, and occupied at the close of the battle substantially the ground held by the enemy at the beginning. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• His services, with rare exceptions, grow less valuable as he advances in age and nervous strain breaks him down. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Cautious, very cautious, thought Emma; he advances inch by inch, and will hazard nothing till he believes himself secure. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Scornfully she snatches the dagger out of Aegisthus's hand and advances to the bed. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• If they had only shown signs of meeting my advances halfway how well it might have been done! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It was the orthodox theology that the new scientific advances had compromised, but the angry theologians declared that it was religion. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• All advances into the city were thus attended with much danger. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In the year 1896 three important advances were made in man's mastery of his environment. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• I vaulted to the ground below and ran swiftly toward the advancing party. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I occupied a position on shore from which I could see the advancing navy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• At the front they were advancing on the Carso, they had taken Kuk across from Plava and were taking the Bainsizza plateau. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The spring was advancing, and the weather had turned suddenly warm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Lots of anecdote,' said the green-coated stranger of the day before, advancing to Mr. Winkle and speaking in a low and confidential tone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• From tropic to the bleakest north, the cocks crow before the advancing margin of dawn. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• While they talked, they were advancing towards the carriage; it was ready; and, before she could speak again, he had handed her in. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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