advances
US:/ədˈvæns/
UK:/ədˈvɑːns/
n.:
进展；进步；垫款；预付
v.:
进步；推进；预付；增进
adj.:
前进的；先头的；预先的
网络:
预付款；求爱；发展
Word forms: (第三人称单数) advances (现在分词) advancing (过去式) advanced
Examples
1.
Adapts with this, China state-owned enterprise reform was also from easy to difficult, advances gradually.
与此相适应，中国国有企业改革也是由易到难，逐步推进的。
2.
'Medical advances caught up with him, ' said Dr Laureys, who believes there may be many similar cases of false comas around the world.
“医学进步挽救了他。”洛雷斯博士说，他相信世界上还有很多类似个案。
3.
Billy: It seems that you know more about salary advances than I do.
比利：看起来你比我更懂得有关提前支薪的知识。
4.
Those advances began to stall at the turn of the millennium, for reasons that are the subject of much speculation among economists.
这些增长在千禧年前后开始停滞，其原因已经引起经济学家的诸多猜测。
5.
She plays in the field's top venue (Hollywood) and is making extraordinary advances at a time of unprecedented competition and scrutiny.
穆恩在众星云集的领域（好莱坞）占有一席之地，并在一段前所未有的竞争和监视的时间里，进行着非同寻常的发展。
6.
For the moment, technological advances are supporting ethanol and biodiesel's place in the global fuel mix.
眼下，科技进步为乙醇和生物柴油在全球燃料结构中的地位提供了支持。
7.
That need not be a bad thing for book publishers, provided they do not simultaneously pay big advances and concede higher royalties.
只要出版商在预付巨额稿酬的同时不再就版税做出更大让步，对他们来说这不一定是件坏事。
8.
Older people tend to be quite conservative and a bit suspicious of any possible advances.
老年人往往很保守，并对任何可能的进步都有点不信任。
9.
Flashing his wedding ring at her he turned down her advances and took her to the grocery store instead.
他晃了晃结婚戒指，拒绝了她的示好，而是带她去了杂货店。
10.
All this was known thirty-five years ago; the great advances since then have come in the observational domain.
所有这些，在三十五年前就已经知道了，以后的重大进展则是在观测方面。