advance/əd'vɑːns $ -'væns/

v.

➊ make progress or cause sth to develop

➋ move towards sb/sth

n. progress or development

v.

➊ [I; T] 推进，促进：Our understanding of SARS has advanced. 我们对SARS有了更进一步的认识。

◇Their research has advanced our knowledge of the space. 他们的研究加深了我们对太空的了解。

➋ [I] 前进：[advance on (或towards) sth] The troops advanced on the city. 部队向城市挺进。

n. [C; U] 进步；发展：With amazing advances in medicine, people in your generation may live to be 150 years old. 随着医学的惊人发展，你们这一代人或许可以活到150岁。

in advance 预先，事先，提前：Please be sure to let me know in advance if you are going to come. 如果你要来，请务必提前告诉我。

音组-ance/-'ɑːns $ -'æns/

advance; chance; dance; France; glance