1 VERB （常指为攻击而）前进，推进 To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone. （常指为攻击而）前进，推进
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Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital. [VERB prep./adv.]
来自乍得的报告显示叛军正向首都推进。
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The water is advancing at a rate of 5cm a day. [VERB]
水位正以每天5厘米的速度上升。
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...a picture of a man throwing himself before an advancing tank. [VERB-ing]
一名男子冲向迎面开来的坦克的一幅照片
SYN progress, proceed, go ahead, move up
2 VERB （尤指知识）发展，进步 To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something. （尤指知识）发展，进步
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Medical technology has advanced considerably. [VERB]
医学技术突飞猛进。
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Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power. [VERB]
日本已从封建农业社会发展成一个城市化工业强国。
SYN improve, rise, grow, develop
4 VERB 贷给；预付；预支 If you advance someone a sum of money, you lend it to them, or pay it to them earlier than arranged. 贷给；预付；预支
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I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home. [VERB noun noun]
我先借给他一些钱，在我们回家的路上他会还给我的。
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The bank advanced $1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments. [VERB noun]
银行预支12亿美元帮助该国偿还债务。
SYN lend, loan, accommodate someone with, supply on credit
5 N-COUNT 贷款;预付款 An advance is money which is lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it. 贷款;预付款
SYN down payment, credit, fee, deposit
6 VERB 提前（未来事件的日期）；使（未来事件）提前发生 To advance an event, or the time or date of an event, means to bring it forward to an earlier time or date. 提前（未来事件的日期）；使（未来事件）提前发生
SYN accelerate, speed, promote, hurry (up)
7 VERB 促进，推动（事业、利益或主张）；使加速 If you advance a cause, interest, or claim, you support it and help to make it successful. 促进，推动（事业、利益或主张）；使加速
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When not producing art of his own, Oliver was busy advancing the work of others. [VERB noun]
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。
8 VERB [usually passive] 提出（理论、论点） When a theory or argument is advanced, it is put forward for discussion. 提出（理论、论点）
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Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression. [be VERB-ed]
就一些女性患抑郁症的原因，各种说法纷至沓来。
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An important set of ideas have been advanced by the biologist Rupert Sheldrake. [be VERB-ed]
生物学家鲁珀特·谢尔德雷克已提出了一整套重要的观点。
SYN suggest, offer, present, propose
9 N-VAR （常指军事行动中的）前进，行进，推进 An advance is a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation. （常指军事行动中的）前进，行进，推进
SYN attack, charge, strike, rush
10 N-PLURAL 挑逗；勾引 If you make advances to someone, you try to start a sexual relationship with them. 挑逗；勾引 [old-fashioned]
11 N-VAR 进步；进展 An advance in a particular subject or activity is progress in understanding it or in doing it well. 进步；进展
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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。
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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。
SYN improvement, development, gain, growth
12 N-SING 改进；改善 If something is an advance on what was previously available or done, it is better in some way. 改进；改善
13 ADJ [ADJ n] 预先的；事先的 Advance booking, notice, or warning is done or given before an event happens. 预先的；事先的
SYN prior, early, previous, beforehand
14 ADJ [ADJ n] 先行的；先遣的 An advance party or group is a small group of people who go on ahead of the main group. 先行的；先遣的
15 PREP-PHRASE 在…的前面；在…之前 If one thing happens or is done in advance of another, it happens or is done before the other thing. 在…的前面；在…之前
16 PHRASE 提前;事先 If you do something in advance, you do it before a particular date or event. 提前;事先
SYN beforehand, earlier, ahead, previously
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | advance Also look up: |
| VERB. | improve 2 |
| N. | allowance, credit, loan, pre-payment, retainer 5 |
| ADJ. | early, prior 13 |
| Word Partnership | Use advance with: |
| VERB. | advance and retreat 1 |
| N. | cash advance 5 advance a cause 7 advance knowledge, advance notice, advance purchase, advance reservations 13 |
| ADJ. | technological advance 11 |
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