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
（常指为攻击而）前进，推进
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...
来自乍得的报告显示叛军正向首都推进。
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
（尤指知识）发展，进步
To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something.
例句
Medical technology has advanced considerably...
医学技术突飞猛进。
Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.
日本已从封建农业社会发展成一个城市化工业强国。
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VERB
贷给；预付；预支
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...
我先借给他一些钱，在我们回家的路上他会还给我的。
The bank advanced $1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments.
银行预支12亿美元帮助该国偿还债务。
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N-COUNT
贷款;预付款
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.
她接下来的两部小说得到了10万英镑的预付稿费。
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VERB
提前（未来事件的日期）；使（未来事件）提前发生
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...
饮食中摄入过量蛋白质可能会加速衰老。
The country's election commission has advanced the date of parliamentary elections by three days.
该国的选举委员会将议会选举日期提前了3天。
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VERB
促进，推动（事业、利益或主张）；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.
奥利弗在不搞自己的艺术创作时，就会忙着帮助别人完成作品。
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VERB
提出（理论、论点）
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...
就一些女性患抑郁症的原因，各种说法纷至沓来。
An important set of ideas have been advanced by the biologist Rupert Sheldrake.
生物学家鲁珀特·谢尔德雷克已提出了一整套重要的观点。
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N-VAR
（常指军事行动中的）前进，行进，推进
An advance is a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation.
例句
...an advance on enemy positions...
向敌方阵地推进
The defences are intended to obstruct any advance by tanks and other vehicles.
这些防御工事用于阻止坦克等车辆前进。
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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...
马克追她已经有一段时间了。
She rejected his advances during the trip to Cannes.
在去往戛纳的途中，她拒绝了他的挑逗。
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N-VAR
进步；进展
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...
航空安全自从20世纪70年代得到显著提高之后，至今再没有任何改善。
Their progress at work was mirrored by their children's educational advance.
子女在学业上有所进步，他们在工作上也就会有所起色。
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N-SING
改进；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.
这样可能会改善当前状况。
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ADJ
预先的；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...
他们一般不会预先通知检查哪座大楼。
The event received little advance publicity.
关于该事件事先几乎没有报道。
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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.
作为联合国救援行动的一部分，在这支由20多人组成的先头部队之后还将增派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.
我已请每个人在会议之前提交问题。
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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.
会谈的主题已提前一周宣布。
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"