advance

预付款；进步；增加；预付；加速……的进程；提高

【例】Our company advanced $ 5, 000 as my expenses on business.

公司预支了5000美元作为我的出差费。

advantage

优势；利益

【例】Wall Street tries to turn the state’s new commitments to its advantage.

华尔街试图将国家的新承诺转化为自身优势。

adventure

异乎寻常的经历，奇遇；冒险（活动）；投机买卖

【例】It is a big adventure to conduct stock business at present.

从事股票交易目前风险很大。

adverse

不利的，有害的；敌对的，反对的

【例】What you have done is adverse to the interests of our company.

你做的事有损我们公司利益。

advertise

公布，通告；（为……）做广告

【例】If you want to attract more customers, try advertising in the local paper..

如果想吸引更多顾客，就试试在当地报纸登广告。