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advance 英音：[əd'vɑ:ns]美音：[əd'væns]
to go or move something forward, or to develop or improve something
progress or a development in a particular activity or area of understanding: recent advances in medical science
money paid for work before it has been done or money paid earlier than expect
an increase in the price or value of sth
n. 发展；前进；增长；预付款
vt. 提出；预付；使……前进；将……提前；提升(某人)，提拔，晋升；使升级
vi. 前进；进展；上涨
adj. 预先的；先行的

例句
The general advanced his troops to the new position.
将军挥师前进到新阵地。
to advance reasons for a tax cut
提出减税的各种理由
He was advanced to the rank of corporal.
他被提升为下士。
The date of the meeting was advanced from June 10 to June 3.
会议日期从6月10日提前到6月3日。
We advanced her $2,000 against future royalties.
我们预支给她2000美元版税。

advancing[əd'vɑ:nsiŋ]
years / age used as a polite way of referring to the fact of time passing and of sb growing older
adj. 前进的；年长的
v. 前进；超前（advance的ing形式）

advanced英音：[əd'vɑ:nst]美音：[əd'vænst]
highly developed
at a higher, more difficult level
US advanced class/course a school class which is doing work of a higher standard than is usual for students at that stage in their education

adj. 先进的；高级的；晚期的；年老的
v. 前进；增加；上涨（advance的过去式和过去分词形式）

ancestor['ænsestə] st best first last
a person in your family who lived a long time ago:
an animal that lived in the past which a modern animal has developed from
an early form of a machine which later became more developed
n. 始祖，祖先；【法律】(遗产的)被继承人，先人；原型；先驱(者)；前辈；

ancestral[æn'sestrəl]
of, relating to, or inherited from an ancestor
adj. 祖先的；祖传的

词组短语
ancestral temple祠堂；宗庙；宗祠
ancestral home祖籍；原籍
ancestral hall宗祠；祠堂

ancestry /ˈæn.ses.tri/
line of descent : lineage; especially : honorable, noble, or aristocratic descent
the family or the race of people that you are descended from:
n. 祖先；血统;世系;名门出身;高贵血统;(观念、物体、现象等的)起源；形成；发展过程；历史