1. in advance : 预先；

1. We will advance him some money for traveling expenses.
    我们将预付给他一些钱以供支付旅费。

2. The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.
    上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。

1. Rice has advanced fifteen cents a pound.
    米一磅涨了一角五分。

1. Remarkable advances have been made in space science.
    太空科学已有了长足的发展。

A：How are you this afternoon?
      今天下午过得如何?

B：Just fine. I looked over the catalog you gave me this morning, and I'd like to discuss prices on your computer speakers.
      还好。今天早上我已经详细看过你给我的目录了。我想讨论有关你们计算机扬声器的价格。

A：Very good. Here is our price list.
      好的。这是我们的价目表。

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B：Let me see . . . I see that your listed price for the K-two-one model is ten U.S. dollars. Do you offer quantity discounts?
      我看看……。你们K-2-1 型的标价是美金十块钱。你们有提供大量订购的折扣吗？

A：We sure do. We give a five percent discount for orders of a hundred or more.
      当然有。100 或以上的订单我们有百分之五的折扣。

B：What kind of discount could you give me if I were to place an order for six hundred units?
      如果我下六百组的订单，你们可以给我什么样的折扣？

A：On an order of six hundred, we can give you a discount of ten percent.
      订单是六百组的话，我们可以给你百分之十的折扣。

B：What about lead time?
      交货时间呢?

A：We could ship your order within ten days of receiving your payment.
      在收到货款的十天内，我们就可以把货送出去。

B：So, you require payment in advance of shipment?
      所以，你们在送货前要先收货款?

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A：Yes. You could wire transfer the payment into our bank account or open a letter of credit in our favor.
      是的。你可以汇款到我们的银行帐户，或是开一个以我们公司为抬头的信用状。

B：I'd like to go ahead and place an order for six hundred units.
      那我想就先下六百组的订单。

A：Great! I'll just fill out the purchase order and have you sign it.
      太棒了!我马上写订购单并请你签名。

1. 放款：我们通常的放款(advance)额是按我们估计的来自第三方付款人(payors)的合格的(eligible)应收款中可回收净额(net collectible value)的70-85%. 客户们根据以我们为受益人的银行收款箱和自动转存安排(lockbox collection and sweep arrangement)来开票和收款(bill and collect).

2. advance的意思

2. 垫款：当然,这些指标有些时候能够提供恰当的...垫款(advance) 垫款是指银行在客户无力支付到期款项的情况下,被迫以自有资金代为支付的行为. 由于银行是被动地代为支付,而且客户的无力支付往往不是由于暂时性的资金周转困难,

1. （常指为攻击而）前进，推进
    To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

2. （尤指知识）发展，进步
    To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something.

    e.g. Medical technology has advanced considerably...
           医学技术突飞猛进。
    e.g. 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。

3. 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.

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    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

4. 贷款;预付款
    An advance is money which is lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it.

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    e.g. 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。

5. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

6. 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.

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    e.g. 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。

7. 提出（理论、论点）
    When a theory or argument is advanced, it is put forward for discussion.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

8. （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.

    e.g. ...an advance on enemy positions...
           向敌方阵地推进
    e.g. 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。

9. 挑逗；勾引
    If you make advances to someone, you try to start a sexual relationship with them.

    e.g. Mark had for some time been making advances towards her...
           马克追她已经有一段时间了。
    e.g. 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。

10. 进步；进展
    An advance in a particular subject or activity is progress in understanding it or in doing it well.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

11. 改进；改善
      If something is an advance on what was previously available or done, it is better in some way.

      e.g. This could be an advance on the present situation.
             这样可能会改善当前状况。

12. 预先的；事先的
      Advance booking, notice, or warning is done or given before an event happens.

      e.g. 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。
      e.g. The event received little advance publicity.
             关于该事件事先几乎没有报道。

13. 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.

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      e.g. 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。

14. 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.

      e.g. 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。

15. 提前;事先
      If you do something in advance, you do it before a particular date or event.

      e.g. The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance.
             会谈的主题已提前一周宣布。

1. the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

    Synonym: progressprogressionprocessionadvancementforward motiononward motion

2. increase in price or value

    e.g. the news caused a general advance on the stock market

    Synonym: rise

3. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

    e.g. she rejected his advances

    Synonym: overtureapproachfeeler

4. a change for the better
    progress in development

    Synonym: improvementbetterment

5. a movement forward

    e.g. he listened for the progress of the troops

    Synonym: progressprogression

6. an amount paid before it is earned

    Synonym: cash advance

1. rise in rate or price

    e.g. The stock market gained 24 points today

    Synonym: gain

2. develop in a positive way

    e.g. He progressed well in school
           My plants are coming along
           Plans are shaping up

    Synonym: progresscome oncome alongget onget alongshape up

3. increase or raise

    e.g. boost the voltage in an electrical circuit

    Synonym: boostsupercharge

4. develop further

    e.g. We are advancing technology every day

5. bring forward for consideration or acceptance

    e.g. advance an argument

    Synonym: throw out

6. obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

    e.g. 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

    Synonym: gainwinpull aheadmake headwayget aheadgain ground

7. move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

    e.g. Time marches on

    Synonym: progresspass onmove onmarch ongo on

8. cause to move forward

    e.g. Can you move the car seat forward?

    Synonym: bring forward

9. move forward

    e.g. we have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward

    Synonym: set ahead

10. pay in advance

    e.g. Can you advance me some money?

11. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

      e.g. 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

      Synonym: promoteupgradekick upstairsraiseelevate

12. contribute to the progress or growth of

      e.g. I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom

      Synonym: promoteboostfurtherencourage