Besides its ethical objections, PCRM argues that the use of chimpanzees in the lab is an ineffective way to advance medical research.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16

And in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries this progression was viewed as an advance, which is not very surprising because the whole theory was put forward by scholars who were basically western monotheists.

在十八十九世纪，这个演变,被认为是一种进步，这并不奇怪,因为整个理论基本上都是由,西方一神论者提出的。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

the first was it didn't bother with the established baseline of what percentage of teenage girls had received an unwelcome sexual advance in the day to day actions with people.

第一个问题是,它并没有涉及到底量度的基准,到底这些十几岁的女孩子们,在白天与人正常交往的时候,所受到的性挑逗的比例为多少。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

South Korea,Japan, and the United States view the planned launch 1 as an unacceptable attempt to advance the North's ballistic missile program.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

If we want to know the total heat added to the system, we can measure it, which is the straightforward thing, but sometimes you want to calculate in advance, or sometimes you want to calculate it on an exam.

如果想知道给系统的总热量，我们可以测量，这是很直接的事情，但有时候我们想事先计算它，或者需要在考试中计算。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

U.S.Middle East envoy George Mitchell will hold three days of separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in an effort to advance the peace process.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

It is really going to give you a whole packaged reading of Franny and Zooey.We have just the one day on this novel, and what I'm going to be doing for you is modeling the way literary critics use evidence to advance an argument.

实际上，我从整体上全面的给你们讲解这部小说,关于这部小说我们只有一天的时间，我将要做的是为你们建立起,文学评论家使用例子来论证的模式。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Brumberg argues that U.S.support for democracy in the Middle East will advance President Obama's vision of an improved relationship between the United States and Muslim-majority states.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Second thing is, if you have an MIT documented special need for taking quizzes, please see John or I well in advance.

第二件事，如果你有MIT证明的,需要取消考试的特殊要求，请提前来见John和我。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Damon Lindelof, one of the show's creators, says getting ABC to announce an end date for "Lost" three years in advance, gave them time to carefully craft the plot line leading to the finale.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

"This conference gives us all an opportunity to reignite its path to progress by working as a team with Haiti at the helm to advance a comprehensive, long-term strategy for Haiti's growth, by coordinating hemispheric and international efforts, by targeting clear goals, by setting benchmarks to gauge our progress, and deploying our diverse skills and resources efficiently and effectively."

VOA: standard.2009.04.14