单词 | advance |
释义 | advance1 /va: ns US: -'vaens; sd'vaens/ n 1 [U] forward movement; progress; [C] instance of this: 前进; 升进; 进步; 进步等之实例: With the ~ of old age, he could no longer do the work well. 因为年事日高,他已不能再把工作做得很好了。 Science has made great ~s during the last fifty years. 科学在过去五十年内有很大的进步。 The country's industrial ~ has been remarkable. 此国的工业进步是很惊人的。 Has there been an ~ in civilization during the 20th century? 在二十世纪里文明有进步吗? in ~ (of), before (hand): 事前; 在前; 预先: Send your luggage in ~, before you yourself leave. 将行李预先交寄 (即在你动身之前) 。 It's unwise to spend your income in ~. 把你的收入预先花掉是不智之举。 Galileo's ideas were (well) in ~ of the age in which he lived. 伽利略的思想 (大为) 超越了他生活的时代。 2 (attrib use) in ~: (形容用法) 事前的; 预先的; 在前的: an ~ copy of a new book, one supplied before publication; (正式发行前所供给的) 新书样本; an ~ party, party, eg of explorers, soldiers, sent in ~; (探险队,军队等的) 先头部队; 先遣部队; have ~ notice, eg of sb's arrival, 获得事先通知 (如某人之抵达) 。 3 [C] money paid before it is due, or for work only partially completed, 预付款。 ~ 'booking, reservation (of a room in a hotel, a seat in a theatre, etc) in ~ of the time when it is needed. (旅馆房间,戏院座位等的) 预定。 |
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