This was viewed as an advance by some but as sclerotic conservatism by others.

有些人认为这是一种进步，但其他人会认为这是一种头脑僵化的保守主义。

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So he gave the wonderful ring to the captain of the ship as an advance on his commission.

因此，他就把这只美丽的戒指当作预付佣金，送给船长。

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Otherwise, the lender may treat it as an advance payment of the next month's monthly payment.

否则，贷款人可以把它作为一种预付款的下个月的每月付款。

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Helmand Province Governor Gulab Mangal said an Emergency staff member received $500,000 as an advance payment for killing him.

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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。

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

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World War IV seemed, as an advance for democracy and human rights, thwarted.

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The IRS approval came in an accord known as an advance pricing agreement.

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Dixie premiered in 1987 as an advance reconnaissance vehicle, using teleoperation so that the distant controller could see the terrain.

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