(1)in advance预先，提前

in advance of (时间上)在......前面；预先；事先

advance n.前进；进步；v.前进；提前；(使)向前移动

(2)advanced adj.先进的；高级的

注意：advance作动词时，本身已有"向前"的意思，因此不必再加forward。

(1)His ideas were in advance of his times，and only a few people could understand him.

他的思想走在时代的前列，只有少数人能理解他。

(2)Advanced(advance) technology was brought into the local factory last year.

去年这家当地工厂引进了先进技术。

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(3)How did you complete the hard task in advance?

→How did you complete the hard task ahead of time/schedule?

(4)They had moved forward 20 miles by nightfall.

→They had advanced 20 miles by nightfall.

3.We must get across the simple fact that drugs are dangerous.

我们必须让人们明白毒品是危险的这一简单的事实。

get across使理解；把......讲清楚

get away with 做了坏事而不受惩罚；受到从轻发落；携带......跑掉

get down to开始；着手其后跟动名词作宾语

get along/on with进展；与......相处

get around/round四处走动；消息等传开

get through完成；通过；打电话时打通

(1)The plan seems quite simple to me，but I just can't get it across.这个计划在我看来很简单，但我却没法把它讲清楚。

(2)The policeman can't have the thief getting away with stealing people's money.这位警察不能容忍小偷偷了人们的钱而不受惩罚。

(3)It didn't take long for news of his resignation to get round/around.

不久大家就都知道了他辞职的消息。