Advance

[əd'vɑːns] or [əd'væns]

解釋/意思:

(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--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

(v. t.) To raise; to elevate.

(v. t.) To raise to a higher rank; to promote.

(v. t.) To accelerate the growth or progress; to further; to forward; to help on; to aid; to heighten; as, to advance the ripening of fruit; to advance one's interests.

(v. t.) To bring to view or notice; to offer or propose; to show; as, to advance an argument.

(v. t.) To make earlier, as an event or date; to hasten.

(v. t.) To furnish, as money or other value, before it becomes due, or in aid of an enterprise; to supply beforehand; as, a merchant advances money on a contract or on goods consigned to him.

(v. t.) To raise to a higher point; to enhance; to raise in rate; as, to advance the price of goods.

(v. t.) To extol; to laud.

(v. i.) To move or go forward; to proceed; as, he advanced to greet me.

(v. i.) To increase or make progress in any respect; as, to advance in knowledge, in stature, in years, in price.

(v. i.) To rise in rank, office, or consequence; to be preferred or promoted.

(v.) The act of advancing or moving forward or upward; progress.

(v.) Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.

(v.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.

(v.) The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural.

(v.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.

(a.) Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.

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同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Promote, aggrandize, exalt, elevate, dignify, raise to preferment, raise to higher rank.[2]. Forward, further, promote, improve, strengthen, make better, encourage the progress of.[3]. Allege, adduce, propose, offer, assign, propound, bring forward, lay down.[4]. Pay beforehand, supply beforehand, furnish on credit.[5]. Increase (as price), enhance, augment, make greater, make higher.

v. n. [1]. Proceed, progress, make progress, make way, get forward, go forward, get on, go on, get along, come on, gain ground.[2]. Improve, grow, thrive, make improvement.

n. [1]. Progress, progression, march, way, moving forward.[2]. Improvement, growth, advancement.[3]. Payment beforehand, anticipated payment.[4]. Tender, offer, proposal, proposition.[5]. Increase (of price), enhancement.

錄入:朱迪思

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Propel, elevate, promote, further, lend, propagate, progress, increase,prosper, rise

ANT:Retard, hinder, withhold, withdraw, recall, depress, degrade, suppress, oppose,retreat, decrease

校對:莱利亚

解釋/意思:

v.t. to put forward: to promote to a higher office: to encourage the progress of: to propose: to supply beforehand: to pay before the money is legally due to pay on security.—v.i. to move or go forward: to make progress: to rise in rank or in value.—n. progress: improvement: a rise in price or value: a giving beforehand also the sum so given: a loan.—n. Advance′ment promotion: improvement: payment of money in advance.—In advance beforehand.

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