advance(d)
1. advance和advancement都是相当于动词advance 的名词,但advance表达不及物的意思,advancement表达及物的意思,如the advance of knowledge是“知识的进步”,the advancement of knowledge是“知识的被人推进”。advance比advancement普通,如下面各种表达方式里都用advance,不用advancement:
the advance from gramophone to CD player, the advance of the army, the advance of evening, the advance of old age, the advance in rank, the advance in science
2. advanced和progressive不同。advanced是“高级的”,progressive是“向前进的”。如an advanced course in English是“一个高级的英语课程”(是高级英语),a progressive course in English是“一个循序渐进的英语课程”(也许从英语初步开始)。又如advanced ideas是“(比同时代的一般人的思想)先进的思想”,progressive ideas是“(赞成或提倡在政治上)进步的思想”。说“先进的”必须用advanced。