advance是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 前进， 预付vi. 前进， 进展vt. 促进， 推进，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At eight o'clock in the evening, Thalcave, who was considerably in advance of the rest, descried in the distance the much-desired lake, and in less than a quarter of an hour they reached its banks; but a grievous disappointment awaited them—the lake was dried up.
-- Those of us whose horses are so done out with fatigue and thirst that they can scarcely drag one leg after the other, are to continue the route as they best can, while the others, whose steeds are fresher, are to push on in advance toward the river Guamini, which throws itself into Lake San Lucas about thirty-one miles off.
-- The poor horses, however, were breast-high in water now, and could only advance with extreme difficulty.
-- Sometimes she would get in advance of the waves which carried her along, and cutting through them with her sharp prow, bury herself in their depths.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As before, Rogojin walked in advance of his troop, who followed him with mingled self-assertion and timidity.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then the advance stopped dead, the ground stood still, the whole line saluted, and thirty bands began to play all together.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It would seem that the domestics had been previously instructed; for, instead of penetrating the thicket, they fol-lowed the route of the column; a measure which Heyward stated had been dictated by the sagacity of their guide, in order to diminish the marks of their trail, if, haply, the Ca-nadian savages should be lurking so far in advance of their army.
-- Throwing his leg over the saddle, he dismounted, with a determination to advance and seize his treacherous companion, trusting the result to his own manhood.
-- At a little distance in advance stood Uncas, his whole person thrown powerfully into view.
-- The mountain on which they stood, elevated perhaps a thousand feet in the air, was a high cone that rose a little in advance of that range which stretches for miles along the western shores of the lake, until meeting its sisters miles beyond the water, it ran off toward the Canadas, in con-fused and broken masses of rock, thinly sprinkled with evergreens.
-- 'But was there no movement, no signs of any intention to advance to our relief?'
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When we had done discussing the merits of the latest book, it was natural to wonder how many copies had been sold, what advance the author had received, and how much he was likely to make out of it.
-- Nothing ever happened in that little town, left behind by the advance of civilisation, and one year followed the next till death came, like a friend, to give rest to those who had laboured so diligently.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'The last advance was seventy,' said the dwarf; 'and it went in one night.'
-- Very early next morning, Short fulfilled his promise, and knocking softly at her door, entreated that she would get up directly, as the proprietor of the dogs was still snoring, and if they lost no time they might get a good deal in advance both of him and the conjuror, who was talking in his sleep, and from what he could be heard to say, appeared to be balancing a donkey in his dreams.
-- Lastly, inquiry was made into the nature and extent of Kit's wardrobe, and a small advance being made to improve the same, he was formally hired at an annual income of Six Pounds, over and above his board and lodging, by Mr and Mrs Garland, of Abel Cottage, Finchley.
-- As it was, the dwarf remained upon his back in perfect safety, taunting the dog with hideous faces, and triumphing over him in his inability to advance another inch, though there were not a couple of feet between them.
-- George received this advance with a surly indifference, observing that he was well enough for the matter of that, and hammering lustily all the time.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- On seeing that painting, on which he had worked two years, and those drawings, he called to mind the feeling of impotence, which he experienced of late with greatest force, to make further advance in the art.
-- But with the advance of civilization they have gone out of existence."
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It seemed to advance and to recede as the hail drove before it denser or thinner.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But there we were, without a mate; and it was necessary, of course, to advance one of the men.
-- Very deliberately, then, did we advance across the sand to where the doctor awaited us on the other side of the stockade, and as soon as we were within easy speaking distance Silver stopped.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Master Land, we must conform to the rules on board, and I suppose our appetites are in advance of the dinner hour."
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