Fire was one of the earliest major technological advances for humankind, providing heat, protection, and cooked food (which is much easier to cat and digest).
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Parents and students who have invested heavily in higher education worry about graduates' job prospects as technological advances and changes in domestic and global markets transform professions in ways that reduce wages and cut jobs
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Useful thinking skills for advanced academic research.
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VERB
（常指為攻擊而）前進，推進
To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
例句
Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital...
來自乍得的報告顯示叛軍正向首都推進。
The water is advancing at a rate of 5cm a day...
水位正以每天5厘米的速度上升。
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VERB
（尤指知識）發展，進步
To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something.
例句
Medical technology has advanced considerably...
醫學技術突飛猛進。
Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.
日本已從封建農業社會發展成一個城市化工業強國。
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VERB
貸給；預付；預支
If you advance someone a sum of money, you lend it to them, or pay it to them earlier than arranged.
例句
I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home...
我先借給他一些錢，在我們回家的路上他會還給我的。
The bank advanced $1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments.
銀行預支12億美元幫助該國償還債務。
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N-COUNT
貸款;預付款
An advance is money which is lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it.
例句
She was paid a ￡100,000 advance for her next two novels.
她接下來的兩部小說得到了10萬英鎊的預付稿費。
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VERB
提前（未來事件的日期）；使（未來事件）提前發生
To advance an event, or the time or date of an event, means to bring it forward to an earlier time or date.
例句
Too much protein in the diet may advance the ageing process...
飲食中攝入過量蛋白質可能會加速衰老。
The country's election commission has advanced the date of parliamentary elections by three days.
該國的選舉委員會將議會選舉日期提前了3天。
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VERB
促進，推動（事業、利益或主張）；使加速
If you advance a cause, interest, or claim, you support it and help to make it successful.
例句
When not producing art of his own, Oliver was busy advancing the work of others.
奧利弗在不搞自己的藝術創作時，就會忙著幫助別人完成作品。
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VERB
提出（理論、論點）
When a theory or argument is advanced, it is put forward for discussion.
例句
Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression...
就一些女性患抑郁癥的原因，各種說法紛至沓來。
An important set of ideas have been advanced by the biologist Rupert Sheldrake.
生物學家魯珀特·謝爾德雷克已提出了一整套重要的觀點。
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N-VAR
（常指軍事行動中的）前進，行進，推進
An advance is a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation.
例句
...an advance on enemy positions...
向敵方陣地推進
The defences are intended to obstruct any advance by tanks and other vehicles.
這些防御工事用于阻止坦克等車輛前進。
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N-PLURAL
挑逗；勾引
If you make advances to someone, you try to start a sexual relationship with them.
例句
Mark had for some time been making advances towards her...
馬克追她已經有一段時間了。
She rejected his advances during the trip to Cannes.
在去往戛納的途中，她拒絕了他的挑逗。
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N-VAR
進步；進展
An advance in a particular subject or activity is progress in understanding it or in doing it well.
例句
Air safety has not improved since the dramatic advances of the 1970s...
航空安全自從20世紀70年代得到顯著提高之后，至今再沒有任何改善。
Their progress at work was mirrored by their children's educational advance.
子女在學業上有所進步，他們在工作上也就會有所起色。
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N-SING
改進；改善
If something is an advance on what was previously available or done, it is better in some way.
例句
This could be an advance on the present situation.
這樣可能會改善當前狀況。
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ADJ
預先的；事先的
Advance booking, notice, or warning is done or given before an event happens.
例句
They don't normally give any advance notice about which building they're going to inspect...
他們一般不會預先通知檢查哪座大樓。
The event received little advance publicity.
關于該事件事先幾乎沒有報道。
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ADJ
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.
例句
The 20-strong advance party will be followed by another 600 soldiers as part of UN relief efforts.
作為聯合國救援行動的一部分，在這支由20多人組成的先頭部隊之后還將增派600名士兵。
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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.
例句
I had asked everyone to submit questions in advance of the meeting.
我已請每個人在會議之前提交問題。
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PHRASE
提前;事先
If you do something in advance, you do it before a particular date or event.
例句
The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance.
會談的主題已提前一周宣布。
Noun
1. a movement forward;
"he listened for the progress of the troops"2. a change for the better; progress in development
3. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;
"she rejected his advances"4. the act of moving forward toward a goal
5. an amount paid before it is earned
6. increase in price or value;
"the news caused a general advance on the stock market"Verb
1. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense;
"Time marches on"2. bring forward for consideration or acceptance;
"advance an argument"3. increase or raise;
"boost the voltage in an electrical circuit"4. contribute to the progress or growth of;
"I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"5. cause to move forward;
"Can you move the car seat forward?"6. 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"7. develop in a positive way;
"He progressed well in school""My plants are coming along""Plans are shaping up"8. develop further;
"We are advancing technology every day"9. 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"10. pay in advance;
"Can you advance me some money?"11. move forward;
"we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward"12. rise in rate or price;
"The stock market gained 24 points today"Adjective
1. being ahead of time or need;
"gave advance warning""was beforehand with her report"2. situated ahead or going before;
"an advance party""at that time the most advanced outpost was still east of the Rockies"