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advance [ əd'va:ns] vi.前进；提高 n.进展

advanced [ əd'va:nst] a.先进的；高级的

be on the advance (物价)在上涨中

in advance 在前面；预先

in advance of 在…的前面；超过

make advances 取得进步；接近；预付

in advance 提前，预先

in advance
提前，预先

advance [əd'va:ns] v.推进,促进,前进

advance [əd'va:ns] v.进展

advanced [əd'va:nst] 高级的

创建卫生城市 build a nationally advanced clean city

吹风会 (advanced) briefing

三个代表 three represents theory (The Party should always represent the development needs of China's advanced social productive forces, always represent the onward direction of China's advanced culture, and always represent the fundamental interests of the largest member of the Chinese people.)

与时俱进 advance with times

涨落线 advance balance line

AAC Advanced Audio Coding 高级音频编码

Advanced Communication Service 高级通信业务

ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee （美国）高级电视制式委员会

Advancing color 进出色

Standard for Fire Protection for Advanced Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants
新型轻水反应堆发电厂防火标准

advanced worker 先进工作者

commissions received in advance 预收佣金

advance n．预发消息；预写消息

Advanced Placement or Advanced Standing（免修）：根据学生以前的学习或经历（往往是学
生在特设考试中的成绩），允许学生免修某些获得大学本科学位（undergraduate degree）一
般必须的课程。

Advance Registration（提前选课）：提前一个学期选修某些课程。

Bookable in advance at the box office only with ID
凭身份证可在售票处提前预定。

Advanced booking is essential to avoid disappointment 提前预定，避免错过。

All tours require advance booking. 旅游需要提前定票。

与时俱进 advance with times

进修班 class for advanced studies

Advanced Placement or Advanced Standing（免修）：根据学生以前的学习或经历（往往是学生在特设考试中的成绩），允许学生免修某些获得大学本科学位（undergraduate degree）一般必须的课程。

Advance Registration（提前选课）：提前一个学期选修某些课程。

in　advance　预先,事先

advanced worker 先进工作者

提前装运通知 advanced shipment notification (ASN)

预付货; 先付 payment in advance; prepayment

advance of leave
预支假期

advance of salary
预支薪金

advance of vacation leave
预支例假

Advance Purchase of Excursion Tickets [APEX]
预购限期特价旅游机票

Advanced Certificate in Human Resources Management in the Public Sector
公营机构人力资源管理高级证书

Advanced I Examination [Civil Service Examinations Unit]
一级深造考试〔公务员考试组〕

advanced leave
预支假期

APEX [Advance Purchase of Excursion Tickets]
预购限期特价旅游机票

Advance Return of Donations 接受捐赠预先申报书

Advance Return of Donations by a Geographical Constituency List of Candidates 地方选区候选人名单接受捐赠预先申报书

In the last decades, advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past.
在过去的几十年，先进的医疗技术已经使得人们比过去活的时间更长成为可能。

Advanced composite material 先进复合材料，高级复合材料

Advanced development vehicle 试制车，预研样车

高等数学 Advanced Mathematics

Introduce foreign capital, advanced technology and 引进外国的资金，先进技术和

Advance 预付

advance account 预付帐户

advance charge 预付费用

advance payment 预先付款

advance received 暂收款

payment in advance 预付

technological advance 技术进步

进气提前角
intake advance angle

供油提前角
fuel supply advance angle

喷油提前器
timing advance unit

排气提前角
exhaust advance angle

减速点火提前控制装置
deceleration spark advance control

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.
不追逐女人的男人容易成为追逐他们的女人的牺牲品。

The company required its clients to pay their bills in advance.
这家公司要求顾客预先支付费用。

The treatment of mental diseases has made great advances.
对于精神病的治疗已经取得了巨大进展。

If you want to see the doctor, you'd better make an appointment with him in advance.
如果你想见医生，最好事先跟他预约好。

Human reactions to body language are not always known in advance, but sometimes they are.
人对于形体语言的反映不总是可以预见的，但有时是可以预见的。

Teachers of advanced reading should develop a conscious awareness of the syntax of written English.
教高级阅读的教师应该特别注意书面英语的句法。

The factory has installed advanced machines at enormous expense.
该厂斥巨资装备了先进机器。

High levels of unemployment are a characteristic of many advanced capitalist countries.
高失业率是许多发达资本主义国家的特征。

He read widely among the most advanced thinkers of his age.
他广泛阅读了他那个时代最进步的思想家们的作品。

Despite his advanced age, he is learning to drive.
尽管年事已高，他正在学习开车。

Because of the popularity of the region, it is advisable to book hotels in advance.
该地区很有名气，因此明智的做法是预先订好旅馆。

You have to apply for a passport in advance.
你必须提前申请护照。

With respect to their reasons for immigrating, Grassy does not deny their frequently noted fact that some of the immigrants of the 1630’s, most notably the organizers and clergy, advanced religious explanations for departure, but he finds that such explanations usually assumed primacy only in retrospect.
对于他们移民原因的细节，Grassy并不否认他们经常提出的事实－17世纪30年代的一些移民主要由组织家和牧师组成，提出了要离开的宗教解释，但他发现只是以回顾的方式推定的基本情况。

Alternatively, a student may use elective time to prepare for advanced study in some professional field, such as medicine or law, for graduate study in some area in which M. I. T. gives no undergraduate degree, such as meteorology or psychology, or for advanced study in an interdisciplinary field, such as astrophysics, communication science, or energy.
可选性地，学生可以用选择性的时间来准备某些专业领域的高级课程，比如说医学或者法律，或者M.I.T.不授予本科学位的某些专业课程，比如说气象学和心理学，或者跨学科的领域，比如说天体物理学，交流学或者能源学。

The date of the meeting has been advanced from Friday to Monday.
会议日期已经从星期五提前到星期一。

There have been great advances in medicine in the last ten years.
在过去十年里，医学取得了巨大的进步。

It is a popular show, so advance booking is essential.
这是个很受欢迎的演出，所以一定要提前订票。

This agreement opens the door to advances in every field.
这项协议开启了各个领域进步之门。

He who does not advance falls backward.
不进则退。

Knowledge advances by steps not by leaps.
知识的获得是循序渐进而不是突飞猛进的。

Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
学识可使老年时舒适地退隐和有所寄托；但如果年青时不使它扎下根，老年就得不到它的庇护。

payment in advance 预付（货款）

With close friends in their lives ,people develop courage and positive attitudes.Teenagers have the moral support to assert their individuality;the elderly approach their advanced years with optimism and an interest in life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson. American thinker
生活中有挚友，人们就能鼓起勇气，变得积极。年经人就有精神支柱来表现自己的个性；中老年人则会怀着乐观主义和生活情趣步入晚年。
美国思想家爱默生R.W.

Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an advanced age; and if we do not plant it when young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
Chesterfield British diploat and writer 　
知识使我们老年时能舒适地隐退，并有所寄托；但是如果年轻时不接受知识并且使它扎不下根，年老时我们就不能受益。
英国外交家、作家切斯特菲尔德

To make good use of life.one should have in youth the experience of advanced years ,and in old age the vigor of youth.
Stanislars I, Polish king
青年而有老年之经验，老年而有青年之朝气，就能使人生发挥更大的作用。
波兰国王斯坦尼劳斯一世

advanced a. 高等的,在前的,年老的,先进的

Please do your best to advance shipment.
请尽最大努力提前装船。

Could you do something to advance your shipment?
你们能不能设法提前交货？

进步 progress; advancement; develop; fare; forwardness; improvement; telesis; advance

安民告示 [ān mín gào shì] /a notice to reassure the public/advance notice (of an agenda)/

步步为营 [bù bù wéi yíng] /advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step/consolidate at every step/

朝着 [cháo zhe ] /facing/advancing (towards)/

促进 [cù jìn] /to promote (an idea or cause)/to advance/boost/

高级 [gāo jí] /high level/high grade/advanced/high-ranking/

高级研究 [gāo jí yán jiū] /advanced research/

尖端 [jiān duān] /(adj) most advanced and sophisticated/(adj) highest peak; the best/

进 [jìn] /advance/enter/to come in/

进阶 [jìn jiē] /advanced/

进军 [jìn jūn] /match/advance/

进行 [jìn xíng] /to advance/to conduct/underway/in progress/to do/to carry out/to carry on/to conduct/to execute/

进修 [jìn xiū] /advanced studies/additional studies/

前赴后继 [qián fù hòu jì] /(saying) advance in waves of people/

前进 [qián jìn] /to go forward/to forge ahead/to advance/onward/

上游 [shàng yóu] /upper reaches/advanced position/

深造 [shēn zào] /advanced (studies)/

事先 [shì xiān] /in advance/before(hand)/prior/

提前 [tí qián] /to shift to an earlier date/to bring forward/to advance/

突飞猛进 [tū fēi měng jìn] /advance by leaps and bounds/

先 [xiān] /early/prior/former/in advance/first/

先进 [xiān jìn] /advanced (technology)/to advance/

先进水平 [xiān jìn shuǐ píng] /advanced level/

先进武器 [xiān jìn wǔ qì] /advanced weapon/

先行 [xiān xíng] /(v) go in advance o others/

预 [yù] /to advance/in advance/beforehand/to prepare/

预定 [yù dìng] /schedule in advance/

预付 [yù fù] /pay in advance/

预告 [yù gào] /advance notice/herald/

陟 [zhì] /advance/ascend/

Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care.
科学家应该对动物权利鼓吹者做出强有力的回应，因为他们的言论混淆了公众的视听，从而威胁到卫生知识和卫生服务的进步。

Such advances offer the aging population a quality of life that was unimaginable when I entered medicine 50 years ago.
这些进步给老年人口带来的高质量生活在50年前我刚从事医学时是不可想像的。

The most advanced computer systems on Earth can't approach that kind of ability, and neuroscientists still don't know quite how we do it.
地球上最先进的计算机系统也不能仿效这种能力，并且神经学科学家仍然不知道我们是怎样做到这一点的。

In the United States, multitudes of premiums for new devices were awarded at country fairs and at the industrial fairs in major cities.
在美国，大量奖励新发明的奖品在乡村集市和大城市的工业博览会上颁发。
Americans flocked to these fairs to admire the new machines and thus to renew their faith in the beneficence of technological advance.
美国人纷纷涌向这些集市和博览会去欣赏新机械，因而更加坚信技术进步会造福人类。

{adj: ad-lib, spontaneous, unwritten} said or done without having been planned or written in advance
"he made a few ad-lib remarks"

{adj: advance, advanced, in advance} situated ahead or going before
"an advance party"
"at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"

{adj: advance, beforehand} being ahead of time or need
"gave advance warning"
"was beforehand with her report"

{adj: advanced, forward-looking, innovative, modern} ahead of the times
"the advanced teaching methods"
"had advanced views on the subject"
"a forward-looking corporation"
"is British industry innovative enough?"

{adj: advanced, ripe} far along in time
"a man of advanced age"
"advanced in years"
"a ripe old age"
"the ripe age of 90"

{adj: advanced, sophisticated} ahead in development; complex or intricate
"advanced technology"
"a sophisticated electronic control system"

{adj: advanced} (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
"advanced societies"
"an advanced country technologically"

{adj: advanced} at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
"an advanced degree"
"an advanced text in physics"
"special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"

{adj: advanced} comparatively late in a course of development
"the illness had reached an advanced stage"
"an advanced state of exhaustion"

{adj: advanced} farther along in physical or mental development
"the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"
"children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average"

{adj: advancing, forward, forward-moving} moving forward

{adj: advancing} moving ahead or toward the front
"advancing armies"
<-> retreating

{adj: aforethought, planned, plotted} planned in advance
"with malice aforethought"

{adj: aged, elderly, older, senior} advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)
"aged members of the society"
"elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"
"senior citizen"

{adj: aged} at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)
"aged rocks"

{adj: anomalous} deviating from the general or common order or type
"advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe"

{adj: arranged} planned in advance
"an arranged marriage"

{adj: big, enceinte, expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child} in an advanced stage of pregnancy
"was big with child"
"was great with child"

{adj: bookable} subject to being reserved or booked
"all seats bookable in advance"

{adj: booked, engaged, set-aside} reserved in advance

{adj: calculated, deliberate, measured} carefully thought out in advance
"a calculated insult"
"with measured irony"

{adj: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby} befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

{adj: cold, frigid} sexually unresponsive
"was cold to his advances"
"a frigid woman"

{adj: designing, scheming} concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
"a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill
"a scheming wife"
"a scheming gold digger"

{adj: encouraging} giving courage or confidence or hope
"encouraging advances in medical research"
<-> discouraging

{adj: excess, extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus} more than is needed, desired, or required
"trying to lose excess weight"
"found some extra change lying on the dresser"
"yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"
"skills made redundant by technological advance"
"sleeping in the spare room"
"supernumerary ornamentation"
"it was supererogatory of her to gloat"
"delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"
"extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"
"surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

{adj: frontal} of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air
"frontal rainfall"

{adj: high-tech, hi-tech} resembling or making use of highly advanced technology or devices
<-> low-tech

{adj: higher} advanced in complexity or elaboration
"higher finance"
"higher mathematics"

{adj: indeterminate, undetermined} not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance
"of indeterminate age"
"a zillion is a large indeterminate number"
"an indeterminate point of law"
"the influence of environment is indeterminate"
"an indeterminate future"
<-> determinate

{adj: late} being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
"late evening"
"late 18th century"
"a late movie"
"took a late flight"
"had a late breakfast"
<-> early, middle

{adj: leading} going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way
"we rode in the leading car"
"the leading edge of technology"
<-> following

{adj: noteworthy, notable} worthy of notice
"a noteworthy advance in cancer research"

{adj: paid-up} paid in advance
"paid-up insurance"
"paid-up members"

{adj: passing, pass} of advancing the ball by throwing it
"a team with a good passing attack"
"a pass play"
<-> running

{adj: postpaid, prepaid} used especially of mail; paid in advance

{adj: precautionary, precautional} taken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure
"gave precautionary advice"
"I would take precautionary steps to keep him away"

{adj: precooled} cooled in advance

{adj: preset, predetermined} set in advance
"a preset plan of action"
"at a predetermined time"

{adj: progressive} advancing in severity
"progressive paralysis"

{adj: progressive} gradually advancing in extent

{adj: putrid} in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor
"horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham

{adj: ready-to-eat} food products that are prepared in advance and can be eaten as sold

{adj: regressive} opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state
<-> progressive

{adj: retreating} moving back or away
<-> advancing

{adj: rising} advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
"a rising trend"
"a rising market"
<-> falling

{adj: running} of advancing the ball by running
"the team's running plays worked better than its pass plays"
<-> passing

{adj: sold-out} sold completely in advance
"had a sold-out house for both performances"

{adj: stick-on} of something (a paper label or postage stamp) gummed in advance
"stick-on labels"

{adj: unbooked} not reserved in advance

{adj: unpredictable} unknown in advance
"an unpredictable (or indeterminable) future"

{adj: unpremeditated} not prepared or planned in advance
"asked an unpremeditated question"

{adj: unresponsive} aloof or indifferent
"was unresponsive to her passionate advances"

{adv: ad lib, ad libitum, spontaneously, impromptu} without advance preparation
"he spoke ad lib"

{adv: afield} in or into a field (especially a field of battle)
"the armies were afield, challenging the enemy's advance"
"unlawful to carry hunting rifles afield until the season opens"

{adv: ahead, in advance, beforehand} ahead of time; in anticipation
"when you pay ahead (or in advance) you receive a discount"
"We like to plan ahead"
"should have made reservations beforehand"

{adv: ahead} to a different or a more advanced time (meaning advanced either toward the present or toward the future)
"moved the appointment ahead from Tuesday to Monday"
"pushed the deadline ahead from Tuesday to Wednesday"

{adv: ahead} to a more advanced or advantageous position
"a young man sure to get ahead"
"pushing talented students ahead"

{adv: along} to a more advanced state
"the work is moving along"
"well along in their research"
"hurrying their education along"
"getting along in years"

{adv: by chance, accidentally, circumstantially, unexpectedly} without advance planning
"they met accidentally"
<-> deliberately

{adv: deep, late} to an advanced time
"deep into the night"
"talked late into the evening"

{adv: far} to an advanced stage or point
"a young man who will go very far"

{adv: further, farther} to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
"further complicated by uncertainty about the future"
"let's not discuss it further"
"nothing could be further from the truth"
"they are further along in their research than we expected"
"the application of the law was extended farther"
"he is going no farther in his studies"

{adv: furthest, farthest} to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)
"went the furthest of all the children in her education"
"furthest removed from reality"
"she goes farthest in helping us"

{adv: increasingly, progressively, more and more} advancing in amount or intensity
"she became increasingly depressed"

{adv: late} at an advanced age or stage
"she married late"
"undertook the project late in her career"

{adv: offside} illegally in advance of the ball or puck

{adv: stealthily} in a stealthy manner
"stealthily they advanced upstream"

{adv: virulently} in a virulent manner
"an old woman advanced a few paces to shake her fist virulently in my face"

{n: A level} the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level)

{n: Advanced Research and Development Activity, ARDA} an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology

{n: American football, American football game} a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays

{n: Cordaitales, order Cordaitales} extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian period; probably extinct since the Mesozoic era

{n: Dawes, William Dawes} American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)

{n: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DARPA} the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11

{n: Dicotyledones, class Dicotyledones, Dicotyledonae, class Dicotyledonae, Magnoliopsida, class Magnoliopsida} comprising seed plants that produce an embryo with paired cotyledons and net-veined leaves; divided into six (not always well distinguished) subclasses (or superorders): Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae (considered primitive); Caryophyllidae (an early and distinctive offshoot); and three more or less advanced groups: Dilleniidae; Rosidae; Asteridae

{n: Dilleniidae, subclass Dilleniidae} a group of families of more or less advanced trees and shrubs and herbs having either polypetalous or gamopetalous corollas and often with ovules attached to the walls of the ovary; contains 69 families including Ericaceae and Cruciferae and Malvaceae; sometimes classified as a superorder

{n: Esaki, Leo Esaki} physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925)

{n: Home Loan Bank} one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region

{n: Homo habilis} extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics

{n: Maniraptora, suborder Maniraptora} advanced theropods including oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs and possibly even modern birds

{n: Master of Architecture, MArch} a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced study of architecture

{n: Master of Laws, LLM} an advanced law degree

{n: Monopoly} a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die

{n: Pynchon, Thomas Pynchon} United States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a technologically advanced society (born in 1937)

{n: Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe} United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)

{n: TV dinner} a meal that is prepared in advance and frozen; can be heated and served

{n: Yalu River} a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back

{n: advance death benefit} a percentage of death benefits paid directly to policy holders having a short life expectancy (usually 6 months)

{n: advance, cash advance} an amount paid before it is earned

{n: advance, rise} increase in price or value
"the news caused a general advance on the stock market"

{n: advancer} someone who advances

{n: annuity in advance} an annuity paid in a series of more or less equal payments at the beginning of equally spaced periods
"rent payable in advance constitutes an annuity in advance for the landlord"

{n: argument, argumentation, debate} a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
"the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

{n: asterid dicot family} family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

{n: asterid dicot genus} genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs

{n: automation, mechanization, mechanisation} the act of implementing the control of equipment with advanced technology; usually involving electronic hardware
"automation replaces human workers by machines"

{n: ball carrier} (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play

{n: barrage, barrage fire, battery, bombardment, shelling} the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than hit a specific target
"they laid down a barrage in front of the advancing troops"
"the shelling went on for hours without pausing"

{n: barricade} a barrier (usually thrown up hastily so as to impede the advance of an enemy)
"they stormed the barricade"

{n: base on balls, walk, pass} (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
"he worked the pitcher for a base on balls"

{n: beldam, beldame} a woman of advanced age

{n: bye, pass} you advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
"he had a bye in the first round"

{n: campaign, cause, crusade, drive, movement, effort} a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
"he supported populist campaigns"
"they worked in the cause of world peace"
"the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"
"the movement to end slavery"
"contributed to the war effort"

{n: careerism} the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity

{n: carvedilol} beta blocker that can reduce the progression of heart failure in individuals whose disease is not advanced

{n: civilization, civilisation} a society in an advanced state of social development (e.g., with complex legal and political and religious organizations)
"the people slowly progressed from barbarism to civilization"

{n: cold front, polar front} the front of an advancing mass of colder air

{n: community of scholars} the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees

{n: counterattack, countermove} an attack by a defending force against an attacking enemy force in order to regain lost ground or cut off enemy advance units etc.

{n: court} a specially marked horizontal area within which a game is played
"players had to reserve a court in advance"

{n: crawl} a very slow movement
"the traffic advanced at a crawl"

{n: crown fire} a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire

{n: cultural movement} a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals

{n: date, appointment, engagement} a meeting arranged in advance
"she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"

{n: decay} an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying
"the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"
"the house had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"

{n: developing country} a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically

{n: development, evolution} a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
"the development of his ideas took many years"
"the evolution of Greek civilization"
"the slow development of her skill as a writer"
<-> devolution

{n: dilleniid dicot family} family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

{n: dilleniid dicot genus} genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs

{n: discount rate, discount, bank discount} interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan

{n: dissertation, thesis} a treatise advancing a new point of view resulting from research; usually a requirement for an advanced academic degree

{n: down} (American football) a complete play to advance the football
"you have four downs to gain ten yards"

{n: dribbler} a basketball player who is dribbling the ball to advance it

{n: end run, sweep} (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line

{n: fatalism} a philosophical doctrine holding that all events are predetermined in advance for all time and human beings are powerless to change them

{n: fellowship} money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research

{n: fielder's choice} a play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing runner instead of the batter

{n: film advance} a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector

{n: firebase} an artillery base to support advancing troops

{n: firing line} the most advanced and responsible group in an activity
"the firing line is where the action is"

{n: force out, force-out, force play, force} a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
"the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"

{n: forwardness} an advanced stage
"the forwardness of the harvest this year"
"the arts are in no kind of forwardness in this matter"

{n: foundation, grounding} education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge
"he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"
"a good grounding in mathematics"

{n: genus Deinonychus} advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur

{n: genus Utahraptor} advanced bipedal carnivorous dinosaur

{n: genus Velociraptor} advanced carnivorous theropod

{n: glass ceiling} a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions

{n: goal} game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points

{n: going, sledding} advancing toward a goal
"persuading him was easy going"
"the proposal faces tough sledding"

{n: grubstake} funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits

{n: gumma} a small rubbery granuloma that is characteristic of an advanced stage of syphilis

{n: head} the front of a military formation or procession
"the head of the column advanced boldly"
"they were at the head of the attack"
<-> rear

{n: heat} a preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race

{n: high technology, high tech} highly advanced technological development (especially in electronics)

{n: impromptu} a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation

{n: improvement, betterment, advance} a change for the better; progress in development

{n: intern, interne, houseman, medical intern} an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term)

{n: intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, officiousness} aggressiveness as evidenced by intruding; by advancing yourself or your ideas without invitation

{n: jump, jumping} the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground
"he advanced in a series of jumps"
"the jumping was unexpected"

{n: kuru} a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease virtually disappeared when cannibalism was abandoned

{n: lead} (baseball) the position taken by a base runner preparing to advance to the next base
"he took a long lead off first"

{n: leapfrog} advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
"the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends"

{n: learned profession} one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles

{n: line of march} the route along which a column advances

{n: line squall} a squall advancing along a front that forms a definite line

{n: line} a formation of people or things one beside another
"the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"
"they were arrayed in line of battle"
"the cast stood in line for the curtain call"

{n: maniraptor} advanced carnivorous theropod

{n: march} a steady advance
"the march of science"
"the march of time"

{n: molestation} the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)

{n: notice} advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement or contract
"we received a notice to vacate the premises"
"he gave notice two months before he moved"

{n: overture, advance, approach, feeler} a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
"she rejected his advances"

{n: oviraptorid} advanced carnivorous theropod

{n: passed ball} a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base

{n: peneplain, peneplane} a more or less level land surface representing and advanced stage of erosion undisturbed by crustal movements

{n: prearrangement} something arranged in advance

{n: precaution} the trait of practicing caution in advance

{n: predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination} (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)

{n: predeterminaation} a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something
"he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong"

{n: predetermination} the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place

{n: predisposition} a disposition in advance to react in a particular way

{n: preemption, pre-emption} the right to purchase something in advance of others

{n: prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration} the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

{n: premeditation, forethought} planning or plotting in advance of acting

{n: premeditation} (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime; goes to show criminal intent

{n: preparation, readying} the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
"preparations for the ceremony had begun"

{n: prepayment} payment in advance

{n: prerequisite, requirement} something that is required in advance
"Latin was a prerequisite for admission"

{n: presentation} the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it
"he prepared his presentation carefully in advance"

{n: pretension} the advancing of a claim
"his pretension to the crown"
"the town still puts forward pretensions as a famous resort"

{n: preview} a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public

{n: prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience} seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

{n: progress, progression, advance} a movement forward
"he listened for the progress of the troops"

{n: progress, progression, procession, advance, advancement, forward motion, onward motion} the act of moving forward toward a goal

{n: progression, patterned advance} a series with a definite pattern of advance

{n: prolepsis} anticipating and answering objections in advance

{n: promotion system} a system for advancing participants to higher-status positions

{n: propaedeutic, propaedeutics} a course that provides an introduction to an art or science (or to more advanced study generally)

{n: push} an effort to advance
"the army made a push toward the sea"

{n: quantum leap, quantum jump} a sudden large increase or advance
"this may not insure success but it will represent a quantum leap from last summer"

{n: ready-made} a manufactured artifact (as a garment or piece of furniture) that is made in advance and available for purchase
"their apartment was furnished with ready-mades"
<-> custom-made

{n: recitation, recital, reading} a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
"the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"

{n: repellent, repellant} the power to repel
"she knew many repellents to his advances"

{n: reservation} something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.)

{n: reservation} the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance

{n: resistance} the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
"the enemy offered little resistance"

{n: retainer, consideration} a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

{n: retaining wall} a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)

{n: roller, roll, rolling wave} a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

{n: running back} (football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage

{n: rush, rushing} (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
"the linebackers were ready to stop a rush"

{n: sacrifice} (sacrifice) an out that advances the base runners

{n: scientist, man of science} a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences

{n: seat, place} a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
"he booked their seats in advance"
"he sat in someone else's place"

{n: seminar} a course offered for a small group of advanced students

{n: show trial} a trial held for show; the guilt of the accused person has been decided in advance

{n: snake dance} a group advancing in a single-file serpentine path

{n: spark advance, lead} the timing of ignition relative to the position of the piston in an internal-combustion engine

{n: speed, swiftness, fastness} a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens
"the project advanced with gratifying speed"

{n: steal} a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

{n: stiffening} the act of becoming stiff
"stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance"

{n: suggester, proposer} someone who advances a suggestion or proposal
"the suggester of this absurd strategy was a fool"

{n: time deposit} a certificate of deposit from which withdrawals can be made only after advance notice or at a specified future date

{n: tophus, chalkstone} a deposit of urates around a joint or in the external ear; diagnostic of advanced or chronic gout

{n: warm front} the front of an advancing mass of warmer air

{n: wave} a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
"a wave of settlers"
"troops advancing in waves"

{n: whitelash, white backlash} backlash by white racists against black civil rights advances

{n: wild pitch} an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base

{n: wolf, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher} a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

{n: yeshiva, yeshivah} an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud)

{v: adduce, abduce, cite} advance evidence for

{v: advance, bring forward} cause to move forward
"Can you move the car seat forward?"
<-> back

{v: advance, gain} rise in rate or price
"The stock market gained 24 points today"

{v: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on} move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
"Time marches on"
<-> recede

{v: advance, set ahead} move forward
"we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"

{v: advance, throw out} bring forward for consideration or acceptance
"advance an argument"

{v: advance} develop further
"We are advancing technology every day"

{v: advance} pay in advance
"Can you advance me some money?"

{v: anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter} act in advance of ; deal with ahead of time

{v: approach} make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion
"I was approached by the President to serve as his adviser in foreign matters"

{v: backfire} set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

{v: back} cause to travel backward
"back the car into the parking spot"
<-> advance

{v: boost, advance, supercharge} increase or raise
"boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"

{v: bull} advance in price
"stocks were bulling"

{v: carry} cover a certain distance or advance beyond
"The drive carried to the green"

{v: carry} take further or advance
"carry a cause"

{v: close in, draw in} advance or converge on
"The police were closing in on him"

{v: convert} score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the endzone
"Smith converted and his team won"

{v: creep up, sneak up} advance stealthily or unnoticed
"Age creeps up on you"

{v: dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore} bar from attention or consideration
"She dismissed his advances"

{v: edge, inch} advance slowly, as if by inches
"He edged towards the car"

{v: encroach, infringe, impinge} advance beyond the usual limit

{v: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set} make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
"Get the children ready for school!"
"prepare for war"
"I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

{v: forearm} arm in advance of a confrontation

{v: forecast, calculate} predict in advance

{v: forewarn, previse} warn in advance or beforehand ; give an early warning
"I forewarned him of the trouble that would arise if he showed up at his ex-wife's house"

{v: gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground} obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
"The home team was gaining ground"
"After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference"
<-> fall back

{v: grope} fondle for sexual pleasure
"He made some sexual advances at the woman in his office and groped her repeatedly"

{v: lead, head} travel in front of ; go in advance of others
"The procession was headed by John"

{v: make} perform or carry out
"make a decision"
"make a move"
"make advances"
"make a phone call"

{v: modernize, modernise, develop} become technologically advanced
"Many countries in Asia are now developing at a very fast pace"
"Viet Nam is modernizing rapidly"

{v: molest} harass or assault sexually ; make indecent advances to

{v: move in on} make intrusive advances towards

{v: nose} advance the forward part of with caution
"She nosed the car into the left lane"

{v: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise} make a prediction about ; tell in advance
"Call the outcome of an election"

{v: prejudice, prepossess} influence (somebody's) opinion in advance

{v: premeditate} think or reflect beforehand or in advance
"I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake"

{v: preoccupy} occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
"the army preoccupied the hills"

{v: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up} develop in a positive way
"He progressed well in school"
"My plants are coming along"
"Plans are shaping up"
<-> regress

{v: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage} contribute to the progress or growth of
"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"

{v: promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate} give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
"John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"
"Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"
"I got promoted after many years of hard work"
<-> demote

{v: promote} change a pawn for a king by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it the row closest to your opponent

{v: pursue, follow up on, act on} carry further or advance
"Can you act on this matter soon?"

{v: recede, fall back, retire} move back and away from
"The enemy fell back"
<-> advance

{v: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down} reject with contempt
"She spurned his advances"

{v: report} announce as the result of an investigation, or announce something to the proper authorities
"Dozens of incidents of wife beatings are reported daily in this city"
"The team reported significant advances in their research"

{v: reserve, hold, book} arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
"reserve me a seat on a flight"
"The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"
"please hold a table at Maxim's"

{v: reserve} obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
"We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"

{v: steam} get very angry
"her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"

{v: treat} regard or consider in a specific way
"I treated his advances as a joke"

{v: walk} use one's feet to advance ; advance by steps
"Walk, don't run!"
"We walked instead of driving"
"She walks with a slight limp"
"The patient cannot walk yet"
"Walk over to the cabinet"
<-> ride

{v: warn} notify, usually in advance
"I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"

{v: waste, blow, squander} spend thoughtlessly ; throw away
"He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"
"You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"
<-> conserve

{v: wax, mount, climb, rise} go up or advance
"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
<-> wane

{v: woo, court, romance, solicit} make amorous advances towards
"John is courting Mary"

I could have watched my wife for hours as the waves broke and advanced toward her bare feet.
当浪花涌向她一双赤脚而溅碎时，我能够一连几个小时注视着我的妻子。

Great results can not be achieved at once; and we must be satisfied to advance in life as we walk, step by step.
伟大的成果不可能片刻获得；我们必须满足于生活中所得的进步，如同走路一样，是一步一步前进的。

" Knowing what we do today and given our advances in modem medicine over the past 50 years, the quality of O'Neill's life, would have been significantly better today ", says Price. "如果我们了解今天我们所做的事情并用过去 50年来在现代医学上取得的巨大成就来治疗奥尼尔的疾病，那么，他的生活质量会得到极大的改变， "普赖斯说道。

All new medical advances are potentially unsafe, and no progress would be made if safety alone were the issue.
所有新的医学进步都有潜在的不安全性，如果只考虑安全性问题的话，那就不会有任何进步了。

A million miles from the earth, NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer( ACE) spacecraft suddenly found itself under assault.
离地球大约 100万英里的地方，美国国家航空航天局（ NASA ）的航天器高级太空成分探索者（ ACE ）突然遭受打击。

At that time, the theory goes, Antarctica was ice-free and forested, with internal seaways covering low-lying areas, when the climate got colder, glaciers formed in the interior of the continent and then advanced across the seaways, sweeping plankton and pollen into the mountains.
因此有理论认为那时南极洲没有冰而是被森林覆盖着，洼地则是内陆河道，当气候变冷时，在大陆的中心地带形成了冰川，然后冰川向前延伸横过河道，而浮游生物和花粉则被冲到了山里。

Developed by the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency( DARPA), the systems are called wearable computers and consist of brick-sized units that attach like belts, weigh 29 ounces( 822g) and include enough battery power for four to six hours of operation.
由美国国防高级研究计划局研制的这些系统，称为可佩戴的计算机，由砖块大小的一些设备组成，这些设备可像腰带一样系到身上，重 29盎司（ 822克），还有足够使用 4至 6小时的电池电源。

The new model computer from the Apple Macintosh company, and called iMac, not only has advanced computer specifications but the names of fruits.
苹果公司生产的这种新型电脑，称为 iMac ，不仅具有先进的计算机规格而且被赋予了各种水果的名字。

But any head transplant would not give them the ability to walk again. While medical technology exists to allow a head to be attached to a body in a way similar to how a severed arm is sewn back on, the advances still have not found a way to reattach the spinal cord.
但是，头颅移植术不能使他们恢复行走的能力，因为现在的医学技术尽管可以像缝一支断臂那样把头颅与躯体缝接在一起，但还没有进步到找到连接脊髓的方法。

ADVANCED WHAT TO ASK WHY YOU ASKED IT WHAT YOU WANT TO HEAR HOW DOES THIS CAMERA GET PHOTOS TO MY PC?
资深者你要问什么为什么你会问到你想听到些什么这架照相机怎样把照片传到我的电脑里？

Since 1968, when Intel was founded on a culture of the cubicle, the world's largest chipmaker has advanced almost as much as its products have.
1968年成立时，英特尔公司的企业文化基础是小隔间办公方式。自那以来，这个世界上最大的芯片制造公司如同它推出的产品一样取得了长足进步。

But what makes Dell a great place to work is simply this: with online training and hard work, there is a uniquely digital way to advance.
然而，戴尔之所以很受欢迎，原因很简单：通过在线培训以及努力工作，公司可以向员工提供一种独特的数字化进步方式。

The latest in digital technology, both at home and in the office, is a necessity for advancing our careers.
应用于家庭和办公室的最新数字技术将是我们谋求个人事业发展必不可少的要素。

Trying to copy the body's strategy, Peter Schultz pioneered a new " combinatorial " chemistry that is sweeping the most advanced labs and is widely used to search for drugs and other biologically active materials.
为仿效人体的应变机理，彼得·舒尔茨开创了一种新的组合化学。目前组合化学正风行于世界各地最先进的实验室里，被广泛应用于寻找药物和其它生物活性物质。

By the third decade of the 21st century, we will understand the construction and function of the mind in minute detail and be able to re-create these designs in suitably advanced neural computers.
到 21世纪 30年代，我们将能够了解大脑中超细微细节部分的造和功能，也能够在相当先进的神经计算中再造这些设计。

But now advances in mobile Internet phones are making an interactive hitchhiker's guide to earth a real possibility.
但如今随随有上网功能的移动电话的改进，给地球上的搭便车旅行者提供一交互式指南的可行性已经存在。

But advances in technology mean that operators will soon be able to use the lag time in the arrival of signals to calculate a cell phone user's location down to as little as 10 meters.
而科技的进步很快就可以使运营商利用信号到达基站所耗费的时间，计算出蜂窝手用户的位置，误差小到只有 10米。

Forced to leave Germany when the Nazis came to power, Einstein accepted an appointment at the new Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., a scholarly retreat largely created around him.
纳粹上台后，他被迫开德国，到新泽西州新成立的普林斯顿高级研究所任职。这是一个以他为中心的学术避难所。

And for many advanced thinkers of the 1920s, from Dadaists to Cubists to Freudians, that was a fitting credo, reflecting what science historian David Cassidy calls he incomprehensiveness of the contemporary scene the fall of monarchies, the upheaval of the social order, indeed, all the turbulence of the 20th century.
然而，对 20世纪 20年代的许多先进思想家从达达主义艺术家到立派画家到弗洛伊德学派来说，相对论为他们提供了一非常宜的信条，反映了科学历史学家戴维·卡西迪所谓的当代世界的不可知性君主政的崩溃，社会秩序的混乱，可以说囊括了 20世纪所有的动荡。

Tickets can be bought up to 60 days in advance at Bangkok's Hualamphong Station or through a local travel agency.
车票可以在曼谷的 Hualamphong 车站或者通过一家当地的旅行社提前 60天以上预订。

Chicken Run is that rare film that advances the art while bathing the audience in smiles.
《小鸡快跑》正是这样一部稀罕的电影，它让观众沐浴在欢笑中，同时推动了艺术向前发展。

Say you want to get the riffs perfect in Eric Clapton's Layla. As envisioned, the sequence of notes on the screen will not advance until you correctly play the previous chords.
譬如你想把埃里克·克拉普顿的《 Layla 》中的连段完美地弹奏出来，在你没有正地奏好前面的和音之前，屏幕上将不会出现随後的音符。

Folks at Microsoft even imagines a day when you could order your copy of the next big Disney movie in advance, then have it streamed to you the moment it's available and be able to watch it whenever you 're ready.
微软甚至想象象有一天你可以提前预定迪斯尼影片，并在影片问世的时刻传输到你的网上，你什么时候想看就可以看到。

Social isolation or the death of friends and family can shatter anyone's mental state but it is particularly difficult to bear with advancing age.
不他人交往或朋友和家人的去世能够导致神经系统崩溃，年事已高的人尤其觉得难以承受。

To advance science and maybe discover a new treatment for baldness.
这是为了推动科学的发展，也可能是为了发现治疗秃头的办法。

They promise a future world of radical advances not just in consumer electronics but in manufacturing and medicine and even in the nation's mighty auto industry.
它们预示着一个高度发达的未来世界。这种发达不仅表现在电子消费品方面，而且表现在制造业、医学以及该国强大的汽车工业方面。

During their period of trial separation couples should not pursue each other at all, either to fight or to reconcile, but should agree in advance on what kind of contact they will have.
尝试分居期间，双方不应互相追求，也不应吵架或随意和解，而应该事先商定双方保持一种什么关系。

Ericsson's " advanced mobile companion, " the MC218, a small communicator with a full-size keyboard, uses an infrared modem to enable e-mail, fax, short message service( SMS) messages and Internet access via any Ericsson GSM mobile phone and mobile network subscription.
爱立信的高级移动伴侣 MC218是一款配有标准尺寸键盘的小型掌上电脑，借助红外线调制解调器，持任何一款爱立信 GSM 手机入网的用户均可以收发电子邮件、传真和短信息（ SMS ），还可以访问互联网。

" Fingerprint technology and advanced speech recognition will ensure that only one or two authorized users will be able to operate it. "
指纹技术和先进的语音识别技术可以确保只有一两个获得授权的用户才能使用这种电话。

Vaccines are getting better. Drugs to fight microbes are advancing. And new devices are coming that will identify an infectious agent in seconds.
疫苗在不断改善，杀菌的药物也越来越先进，能够在几秒钟内立即识别传染体的新型设备也即将诞生。

At first, advances in treatment will probably result in only modest gains.
刚开始时，疗法的改进也许不会取得显著的疗效。

In America, the " fat acceptance " movement is, well-advanced, with anti-discrimination law firms catering to an overweight clientele and movements to enlarge movie theater seats.
在美国，接受肥胖者运动取得了很大的进展，他们有专门的反歧视法律机构为超重的客户服务，还举行活动要求加大电影院的座椅。

" If those fads worked, there wouldn't be a billion-dollar diet industry, " says Bettye Travis, president of the board of directors of the U.S. National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.
美国促进接受脂肪协会理事会主席贝蒂·特拉维斯说：如果那些流行的饮食疗法奏效的话，饮食疗法行业就不会有 10多亿美元的收益。

Nevertheless, American patients will live quality lives for decades, thanks to advances in medical research.
不过，多亏医学研究的进展，美国的病人还会过上几十年好日子。

But constrained by economic reality, these therapeutic advances will have only limited benefit outside the U.S. and Western Europe.
但是受经济现状的制约，这些治疗上的进展在美国和西欧以外的区域将只能产生有限的效益。

Recently, however, advances in our understanding of climate have moved global warming from a subject for a summer disaster movie to a serious but manageable scientific and policy issue.
但最近，随着我们对气候认识的进一步加深，全球转暖已经从夏季灾难电影片的主题转为一个严肃但可控制的科学与政策问题。

Treatments for more advanced cancers, however, are farther over the horizon than anybody can see.
对较晚期癌症的治疗仍然辽辽无期。

This was partly due to the technology of the time not being advanced enough to achieve what he envisioned, but it was also a result of the simple yet unlucky whims of history.
一方面，当时技术落后，难以实现他的创作构思；另一方面，他受到了简单而又无常的历史的影响。

As my own studies have advanced, I have been increasingly impressed with the functional similarities between insect and vertebrate societies and less so with the structural differences that seem, at first glance, to constitute such an immense gulf between them.
随着我的研究不断深入，我对昆虫和脊椎动物群落之间的功能类似性印象愈来愈深刻，而对结构上的差异印象愈发淡漠，虽然这些结构上的差异初看上去似乎构成了二者间一条无法愈越的鸿沟。

It is true that a high proportion of the newly farmed land was suitable only for grazing and dry farming, but agricultural practices had become sufficiently advanced to make it possible to increase the profitability of farming by utilizing even these relatively barren lands. 　
诚然，很大一部分新开垦的土地仅宜于放牧和旱作，但农业手段已发展得相当进步，足以使农民即使通过利用这些相对贫脊的土地，亦可增加其农业的经济效益。

And the discoveries of the social sciences, once isolated and labeled, are quickly absorbed into conventional wisdom, whereupon they lose their distinctiveness as scientific advances.
此外，社会科学的发现，一旦被分离开来并被贴上标签予以归类，很快就被吸收到传统智慧中，这样一来，它们便失去其作为科学进行的独特性。

The epoch that geologists know as the Pleistocene and that spanned the 1.5 to 2.0 million years prior to the current geologic epoch was not one long continuous glaciation, but a period of oscillating climate with ice advances punctuated by times of interglacial climate not very different from the climate experienced now.
被地质学家称为更新世（Pleistocene）并横跨了目前地质时代之前一百五十万至二百万年的那一时代，并非是一个漫长的、连绵不断的冰川作用过程，而是一个由波动变化的气候构成的时代，其间，冰川的推进被间冰期（interglacia）气候期不时打断，而这种间冰期气候与我们现在所经历的气候并无太大的差异。

But the Puerto Rican intellectuals who have written most about the assimilation process in the United States all advance cultural nationalist views, advocating the preservation of minority cultural distinctions and rejecting what they see as the subjugation of colonial nationalities.
但是，那些对美国少数民族同化过程论述得最多的波多黎各知识分子无不提出某些文化民族主义观点，提倡保存少数民族文化的特色，摈弃他们心目中那种殖民地少数民族的屈从地位。

Despite the inescapable martial overtones, however, Saturday's festivities emphasized the future and Vietnam's economic advances, rather than merely dwelling on the past.
虽然星期六的庆祝活动少不了要宣传军威，但是同时也强调了放眼未来并且突显越南在经济领域的进步，而不是仅仅抱住过去不放。

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