A：How are you this afternoon?
      今天下午過(guò)得如何?

B：Just fine. I looked over the catalog you gave me this morning, and I'd like to discuss prices on your computer speakers.
      還好。今天早上我已經(jīng)詳細(xì)看過(guò)你給我的目錄了。我想討論有關(guān)你們計(jì)算機(jī)揚(yáng)聲器的價(jià)格。

A：Very good. Here is our price list.
      好的。這是我們的價(jià)目表。

B：Let me see . . . I see that your listed price for the K-two-one model is ten U.S. dollars. Do you offer quantity discounts?
      我看看……。你們K-2-1 型的標(biāo)價(jià)是美金十塊錢。你們有提供大量訂購(gòu)的折扣嗎？

A：We sure do. We give a five percent discount for orders of a hundred or more.
      當(dāng)然有。100 或以上的訂單我們有百分之五的折扣。

B：What kind of discount could you give me if I were to place an order for six hundred units?
      如果我下六百組的訂單，你們可以給我什么樣的折扣？

advance

A：On an order of six hundred, we can give you a discount of ten percent.
      訂單是六百組的話，我們可以給你百分之十的折扣。

B：What about lead time?
      交貨時(shí)間呢?

A：We could ship your order within ten days of receiving your payment.
      在收到貨款的十天內(nèi)，我們就可以把貨送出去。

B：So, you require payment in advance of shipment?
      所以，你們?cè)谒拓浨耙仁肇浛?

advance在線翻譯

A：Yes. You could wire transfer the payment into our bank account or open a letter of credit in our favor.
      是的。你可以匯款到我們的銀行帳戶，或是開一個(gè)以我們公司為抬頭的信用狀。

B：I'd like to go ahead and place an order for six hundred units.
      那我想就先下六百組的訂單。

advance的反義詞

A：Great! I'll just fill out the purchase order and have you sign it.
      太棒了!我馬上寫訂購(gòu)單并請(qǐng)你簽名。

1. （常指為攻擊而）前進(jìn)，推進(jìn)
    To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.

    e.g. Reports from Chad suggest that rebel forces are advancing on the capital...
           來(lái)自乍得的報(bào)告顯示叛軍正向首都推進(jìn)。
    e.g. The water is advancing at a rate of 5cm a day...
           水位正以每天5厘米的速度上升。

2. （尤指知識(shí)）發(fā)展，進(jìn)步
    To advance means to make progress, especially in your knowledge of something.

    e.g. Medical technology has advanced considerably...
           醫(yī)學(xué)技術(shù)突飛猛進(jìn)。
    e.g. Japan has advanced from a rural, feudal society to an urban, industrial power.
           日本已從封建農(nóng)業(yè)社會(huì)發(fā)展成一個(gè)城市化工業(yè)強(qiáng)國(guó)。

3. 貸給；預(yù)付；預(yù)支
    If you advance someone a sum of money, you lend it to them, or pay it to them earlier than arranged.

    e.g. I advanced him some money, which he would repay on our way home...
           我先借給他一些錢，在我們回家的路上他會(huì)還給我的。
    e.g. The bank advanced $1.2 billion to help the country with debt repayments.
           銀行預(yù)支12億美元幫助該國(guó)償還債務(wù)。

4. 貸款;預(yù)付款
    An advance is money which is lent or paid to someone before they would normally receive it.

advance的近義詞

    e.g. She was paid a ￡100,000 advance for her next two novels.
           她接下來(lái)的兩部小說(shuō)得到了10萬(wàn)英鎊的預(yù)付稿費(fèi)。

5. 提前（未來(lái)事件的日期）；使（未來(lái)事件）提前發(fā)生
    To advance an event, or the time or date of an event, means to bring it forward to an earlier time or date.

    e.g. Too much protein in the diet may advance the ageing process...
           飲食中攝入過(guò)量蛋白質(zhì)可能會(huì)加速衰老。
    e.g. The country's election commission has advanced the date of parliamentary elections by three days.
           該國(guó)的選舉委員會(huì)將議會(huì)選舉日期提前了3天。

6. 促進(jìn)，推動(dòng)（事業(yè)、利益或主張）；使加速
    If you advance a cause, interest, or claim, you support it and help to make it successful.

    e.g. When not producing art of his own, Oliver was busy advancing the work of others.
           奧利弗在不搞自己的藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作時(shí)，就會(huì)忙著幫助別人完成作品。

7. 提出（理論、論點(diǎn)）
    When a theory or argument is advanced, it is put forward for discussion.

advance

    e.g. Many theories have been advanced as to why some women suffer from depression...
           就一些女性患抑郁癥的原因，各種說(shuō)法紛至沓來(lái)。
    e.g. An important set of ideas have been advanced by the biologist Rupert Sheldrake.
           生物學(xué)家魯珀特·謝爾德雷克已提出了一整套重要的觀點(diǎn)。

8. （常指軍事行動(dòng)中的）前進(jìn)，行進(jìn)，推進(jìn)
    An advance is a forward movement of people or vehicles, usually as part of a military operation.

    e.g. ...an advance on enemy positions...
           向敵方陣地推進(jìn)
    e.g. The defences are intended to obstruct any advance by tanks and other vehicles.
           這些防御工事用于阻止坦克等車輛前進(jìn)。

9. 挑逗；勾引
    If you make advances to someone, you try to start a sexual relationship with them.

    e.g. Mark had for some time been making advances towards her...
           馬克追她已經(jīng)有一段時(shí)間了。
    e.g. She rejected his advances during the trip to Cannes.
           在去往戛納的途中，她拒絕了他的挑逗。

10. 進(jìn)步；進(jìn)展
    An advance in a particular subject or activity is progress in understanding it or in doing it well.

    e.g. Air safety has not improved since the dramatic advances of the 1970s...
           航空安全自從20世紀(jì)70年代得到顯著提高之后，至今再?zèng)]有任何改善。
    e.g. Their progress at work was mirrored by their children's educational advance.
           子女在學(xué)業(yè)上有所進(jìn)步，他們?cè)诠ぷ魃弦簿蜁?huì)有所起色。

11. 改進(jìn)；改善
      If something is an advance on what was previously available or done, it is better in some way.

advance的近義詞

      e.g. This could be an advance on the present situation.
             這樣可能會(huì)改善當(dāng)前狀況。

12. 預(yù)先的；事先的
      Advance booking, notice, or warning is done or given before an event happens.

advance在線翻譯

      e.g. They don't normally give any advance notice about which building they're going to inspect...
             他們一般不會(huì)預(yù)先通知檢查哪座大樓。
      e.g. The event received little advance publicity.
             關(guān)于該事件事先幾乎沒有報(bào)道。

13. 先行的；先遣的
      An advance party or group is a small group of people who go on ahead of the main group.

      e.g. The 20-strong advance party will be followed by another 600 soldiers as part of UN relief efforts.
             作為聯(lián)合國(guó)救援行動(dòng)的一部分，在這支由20多人組成的先頭部隊(duì)之后還將增派600名士兵。

14. 在…的前面；在…之前
      If one thing happens or is done in advance of another, it happens or is done before the other thing.

      e.g. I had asked everyone to submit questions in advance of the meeting.
             我已請(qǐng)每個(gè)人在會(huì)議之前提交問(wèn)題。

15. 提前;事先
      If you do something in advance, you do it before a particular date or event.

      e.g. The subject of the talk is announced a week in advance.
             會(huì)談的主題已提前一周宣布。