Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 27
Advance (n.) 前進 [S1]；發展 [C]；增長；增高；擢升 [C]；預付；預付款 [C] [（+on）]；友好表示；殷勤 [P]；候選人出外競選時的先遣助選人員 Improvement or progression, physically, mentally, morally, or socially; as, an advance in health, knowledge, or religion; an advance in rank or office.
Advance (n.) An addition to the price; rise in price or value; as, an advance on the prime cost of goods.
Advance (n.) The first step towards the attainment of a result; approach made to gain favor, to form an acquaintance, to adjust a difference, etc.; an overture; a tender; an offer; -- usually in the plural.
Advance (n.) A furnishing of something before an equivalent is received (as money or goods), towards a capital or stock, or on loan; payment beforehand; the money or goods thus furnished; money or value supplied beforehand.
Advance (a.) 先行的；預先的，事先的 Before in place, or beforehand in time; -- used for advanced; as, an advance guard, or that before the main guard or body of an army; advance payment, or that made before it is due; advance proofs, advance sheets, pages of a forthcoming volume, received in advance of the time of publication.
Advance (v.) (Move forward) [ I or T ] （使）前進；使進步，使進展；使發展；促進 To go or move something forward, or to develop or improve something.
// The fire advanced steadily through the forest.
// The troops advanced on the city (= approached it, ready to attack).
// We have advanced greatly in our knowledge of the universe.
// Her study has considerably advanced (= helped) the cause of equal rights.
// He's just trying to advance (= improve) his own career.
Advance (v.) (Pay) [ T ] 提前支付 To pay someone some money before the regular time.
// [ + two objects ] Could you advance me £500 until Tuesday?
Advance (v.) (Suggest) [ T ] (Formal) 提出（想法或理論） To suggest an idea or theory.
// The theory advanced in this article.
Advance (n.) (Movement) (B2) [ C or U ] 前進；進步，進展；發展 The forward movement of something, or an improvement or development in something.
// Nothing could stop the advance of the floodwaters.
// Recent advances in medical science mean that this illness can now be cured.
Advance (n.) (Money) 預付的款項 Money paid to someone before the regular time.
// She asked for a £300 advance on her salary.
Advance (n.) (Sex) [C] [Usually plural] 勾引；挑逗；追求 An attempt to start a sexual or romantic relationship with someone.
// She rejected his unwelcome advances.
Idiom:
In advance (B1) 預先，事先，提前 Before a particular time, or before doing a particular thing.
// If you're going to come, please let me know in advance.
Idiom:
In advance of sth/ sb (Formal) 在…前面，在…之前 Before something or someone.
// She arrived in advance of everyone else.
Advance (a.) [ Before noun ] 預先的，事先的 Happening, done, or ready before an event.
// Advance payment/ booking.
We got no advance warning/ notice of the changes.
Advanced (a.) In the van or front.
Advanced (a.) In the front or before others, as regards progress or ideas; as, advanced opinions, advanced thinkers.
Advanced (a.) Far on in life or time.
Advancement (n.) 前進，進步；升級，晉升，發跡 The act of advancing, or the state of being advanced; progression; improvement; furtherance; promotion to a higher place or dignity; as, the advancement of learning.
Advancement (n..) An advance of money or value; payment in advance. See Advance, 5.
Advancement (n.) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
Advancement (n.) Settlement on a wife, or jointure.
Advancement (n.) [ U ] 發展，提高，改善 The development or improvement of something.
// All she was interested in was the advancement of her own career.
Advancer (n.) 前進者；雄鹿角的第二叉枝 One who advances; a promoter.
Advancer (n.) A second branch of a buck's antler.
Advancive (a.) Tending to advance.
Advantage (n.) 有利條件，優點， 優勢 [C] [U] [（+over）]；利益，好處 [C] [U]；（網球賽中的）優勢分 [U] Any condition, circumstance, opportunity, or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end; benefit; as, the enemy had the advantage of a more elevated position.
Advantage (n.) Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over.
Advantage (n.) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit; as, the advantage of a good constitution.
Advantage (n.) Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
Advantaged (imp. & p. p.) of Advantage.
Advantaging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advantage.
Advantage (v. t.) 有利於；使處於優勢 To give an advantage to; to further; to promote; to benefit; to profit.
Advantage (n.) (B1) [ C or U ] 有利條件，有利因素；優勢；好處 A condition giving a greater chance of success.
// The advantage of booking tickets in advance is that you get better seats.
// Despite the twin advantages of wealth and beauty, she did not have a happy life.
// [ + to infinitive ] It would be to your advantage (= it would improve the situation for you) to agree to his demands.
// For a goalkeeper, it's a great advantage to have big hands.
// His height and reach give him a big advantage over (= make him better than) other boxers.
// (UK formal) "Do you know how old I am?" "I'm afraid you have the advantage of me there (= you know the answer but I do not)."
Take advantage of sth (B1) 利用；利用…的機會 To use the good things in a situation.
// I thought I'd take advantage of the sports facilities while I'm here.
Take advantage of sb/ sth (B2) (Disapproving) 佔…的便宜；欺騙To treat someone badly in order to get something good from them.
// I think she takes advantage of his good nature.
// I know she's offered to babysit, but I don't want her to think we're taking advantage of her.
Advantage (n.) [ U ] （網球中的）局末平分後佔先，優勢分 The word used in tennis when a player has won the point after deuce.
// Advantage Miss Williams!
Play advantage In games such as football, if a referee plays advantage, they do not stop the game when there is a foul because allowing play to continue gives an advantage to the team that has been fouled.
// The ref should have played advantage because Rooney would have been through on goal.
Advantageable (a.) 有利的，有益的，方便的 Advantageous.
Advantageous (a.) 有利的，有益的，方便的 Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation.
Advantageously (adv.) 有利地；有助地；有益地 Profitably; with advantage.
Advantageousness (n.) 有利 Profitableness.
Compare: Profitable
Profitable (a.) 有利的，贏利的；有益的；有用的 (Of a business or activity) Yielding profit or financial gain.
‘A professionally run and profitable company.’
‘The investments were extremely profitabl.’
Profitable (a.) Beneficial; useful.
‘He'd had a profitable day.’
Advene (v. i.) 來到，到達，添加於某物或成為某物的一部分 To accede, or come (to); to be added to something or become a part of it, though not essential.
Advenient (a.) Coming from outward causes; superadded; adventitious. [Obs.]
Advenient (a.) That comes from outside, deriving from an external source.
Advent (n.) 來到，來臨，耶穌降臨時 The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
Advent (n.) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
Advent (n.) Coming; any important arrival; approach.
Advent (n.) Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" [syn: {advent}, {coming}].
Advent (n.) The season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas.
Advent (n.) (Christian theology) The reappearance of Jesus as judge for the Last Judgment [syn: {Second Coming}, {Second Coming of Christ}, {Second Advent}, {Advent}, {Parousia}].
Adventist (n.) One of a religious body, embracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists.
Adventitious (a.) 偶然的；外來的；【醫】偶發的；異位的 Added extrinsically; not essentially inherent.
Syn: accidental; casual; incidental; additional; supervenient; foreign.
To things of great dimensions, if we annex an adventitious idea of terror, they become without comparison greater. -- Burke.
Adventitious (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Out of the proper or usual place; as, adventitious buds or roots.
Adventitious (a.) (Bot.) Accidentally or sparingly spontaneous in a country or district; not fully naturalized; adventive; -- applied to foreign plants.
Adventitious (a.) (Med.) Acquired, as diseases; not hereditary. -- AS
Adventitious (a.) (Med.) Occurring in an unusual place or arising from an external source. -- Stedman 25 [PC] -- {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Ad`ven*ti"tious*ness}, n.
Adventitious (a.) Asociated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character".
Adventitious (a.) Happening as a result of an external factor or chance rather than design or inherent nature.
‘Adventitious similarities.’
Adventitious (a.) Coming from outside; not native.
‘The adventitious population.’
Adventitious (a.) [Biology] Formed accidentally or in an unusual anatomical position.
‘Adventitious lobes may appear between the primaries.’
Adventitious (a.) [Botany] (Of a root, shoot, etc.) Produced in an unusual part of a plant.
Adventive (a.) 外來的；非土長的 Accidental.
Adventive (a.) (Bot.) Adventitious.
Adventive (n.) A thing or person coming from without; an immigrant.
Adventive (a.) Not native and not fully established; locally or temporarily naturalized; "an adventive weed".
Adventive (a.) Relating to the season of advent.
Adventure (n.) 冒險，大膽進行，投機活動；不平常經歷，奇遇 That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
Adventure (n.) Risk; danger; peril.
Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
Adventure (n.) A remarkable occurrence; a striking event; a stirring incident; as, the adventures of one's life.
Adventure (n.) A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
Adventured (imp. & p. p.) of Adventure.
Adventuring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Adventure.
Adventure (v. t.) 冒險去做；使冒險；大膽說出 [+that] To risk, or hazard; jeopard; to venture.
Adventure (v. t.) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
Adventure (v. i.) To try the chance; to take the risk.
Adventure (n.) 冒險，冒險精神 [U]； 冒險活動（或經歷）[C]；激動人心的活動（或經歷）[C] A wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) [syn: {adventure}, {escapade}, {risky venture}, {dangerous undertaking}].
Adventure (v.) Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling" [syn: {gamble}, {chance}, {risk}, {hazard}, {take chances}, {adventure}, {run a risk}, {take a chance}].
Adventure (v.) Put at risk; "I will stake my good reputation for this" [syn: {venture}, {hazard}, {adventure}, {stake}, {jeopardize}].
Adventure (n.) [ C or U ] (A2) 冒險，歷險；奇遇；刺激 An unusual, exciting, and possibly dangerous activity, such as a trip or experience, or the excitement produced by such an activity.
// She had some exciting adventures in Egypt.
// We got lost on the Metro - it was quite an adventure.
// Sam won't come - he's got no sense of adventure (= he does not enjoy dangerous or exciting situations).
Adventureful (a.) Given to adventure.
Adventurer (n.) 冒險家，投機家 One who adventures; as, the merchant adventurers; one who seeks his fortune in new and hazardous or perilous enterprises.
Adventurer (n.) A social pretender on the lookout for advancement.
Adventuresome (a.) 愛冒險的 Full of risk; adventurous; venturesome.
Adventuress (n.) 女冒險家，女騙徒 A female adventurer; a woman who tries to gain position by equivocal means.
Adventurous (n.) 喜歡冒險的，大膽的，驚險的 Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons.
Adventurous (n.) Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger; requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
Adventurously (adv.) 愛冒險地 In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
Adventurousness (n.) 喜歡冒險 The quality or state of being adventurous; daring; venturesomeness.
Adverb (n.) 副詞 A word used to modify the sense of a verb, participle, adjective, or other adverb, and usually placed near it; as, he writes well; paper extremely white.
Adverbial (a.) 副詞的 Of or pertaining to an adverb; of the nature of an adverb; as, an adverbial phrase or form.
Adverbiality (n.) 當副詞地 The quality of being adverbial.
Adverbialize (v. t.) 將一個字或片語變為副詞 To give the force or form of an adverb to.
Adverbially (adv.) 當副詞 In the manner of an adverb.
Adversaria (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.
Adversarious (a.) Hostile.
Adversaries (n. pl. ) of Adversary.
Adversary (n.) 對手，敵手 One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose or resist them; a member of an opposing or hostile party; an opponent; an antagonist; an enemy; a foe.
Adversary (a.) The US term for adversarial 2. (Law: Brit having or involving opposing parties or interests in a legal contest. US term: adversary)
Adversary (a.) 敵手的；對手的；對抗的 Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic.
Adversary (a.) Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.
Adversative (a.) 反意的，相反的 Expressing contrariety, opposition, or antithesis; as, an adversative conjunction (but, however, yet, etc. ); an adversative force.
Adversative (n.) 反義字 An adversative word.
Adverse (a.) 不利的，敵對的，相反的，逆的Acting against, or in a contrary direction; opposed; contrary; opposite; conflicting; as, adverse winds; an adverse party; a spirit adverse to distinctions of caste.
Adverse (a.) Opposite.
Adverse (a.) In hostile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse.
Adverse (v. t.) To oppose; to resist.
Adversely (adv.) 逆地；反對地；不利地 In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise.
Adverseness (n.) 逆；反對；相反；不幸 The quality or state of being adverse; opposition.
Adversifoliate (a.) Alt. of Adversifolious.
Adversifolious (a.) Having opposite leaves, as plants which have the leaves so arranged on the stem. Origin: [L. adversus opposite + folium leaf.]
Adversion (n.) (Obsolete) 內轉 A turning towards; attention.
Adversion (n.) (Obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
Adversities (n. pl. ) of Adversity.
Adversity (n.) 逆境；厄運；（經濟方面的）窘境 [U]；災禍；災難；不幸的事 [C] [P1] Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] -- Wyclif.
Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. -- Bacon.
Syn: Affliction; distress; misery; disaster; trouble; suffering; trial.
Adversity (n.) A state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship" [syn: adversity, hardship, hard knocks].
Adversity (n.) A stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities".
Adverted (imp. & p. p.) of Advert.
Adverting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advert.
Advert (v. i.) 注意，談到 To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.
I may again advert to the distinction. -- Owen.
Syn: Syn.- To refer; allude; regard. See {Refer}. Advertence
Advert (n.) A public promotion of some product or service [syn: {ad}, {advertisement}, {advertizement}, {advertising}, {advertizing}, {advert}].
Advert (v.) Give heed (to); "The children in the audience attended the recital quietly"; "She hung on his every word"; "They attended to everything he said" [syn: {attend}, {hang}, {advert}, {pay heed}, {give ear}].
Advert (v.) Make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" [syn: {allude}, {touch}, {advert}].
Advert (v.) Make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" [syn: {mention}, {advert}, {bring up}, {cite}, {name}, {refer}].
Advertence (n.) 注意；留意 Alt. of Advertency.
Advertency (n.) (pl. Advertencies) 注意；留意 The act of adverting, of the quality of being advertent; attention; notice; regard; heedfulness.
Advertent (a.) Attentive; heedful; regardful.
Advertised (imp. & p. p.) of Advertise.
Advertising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Advertise.
Advertise (v. t.) 做廣告，登廣告，發告示；宣傳，宣揚 To give notice to; to inform or apprise; to notify; to make known; hence, to warn; -- often followed by of before the subject of information; as, to advertise a man of his loss.
Advertise (v. t.) To give public notice of; to announce publicly, esp. by a printed notice; as, to advertise goods for sale, a lost article, the sailing day of a vessel, a political meeting.
Advertisement (n.) 廣告，告示，宣傳，宣揚 The act of informing or notifying; notification.
Advertisement (n.) Admonition; advice; warning.
Advertisement (n.) A public notice, especially a paid notice in some public print; anything that advertises; as, a newspaper containing many advertisements.
Advertiser (n.) 廣告者，廣告客戶 One who, or that which, advertises.
Advice (n.) 勸告，忠告 [U] [（+on/ to/ about）]；消息，報告 [P1]；【商】通知 [P1] An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.
Advice (n.) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.
Advice (n.) Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural.