furtherance

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++fur·ther·ance /ˈfɜːðərəns $ ˈfɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] formal  DEVELOPthe act or process of helping something progress or be done 促进，增进furtherance of the furtherance of science 促进科学的发展in furtherance of something Staff are encouraged to use information resources in furtherance of their own professional interests. 员工被鼓励使用信息库以促进自身专业发展。

Examples from the Corpus

furtherance• In furtherance of that, may I urge him to bend his considerable energies towards the development of solar and tidal power?• In furtherance of these aims he represents the Modular Course on the Academic Board and its subcommittees.• Plato founded an Academy in Athens aimed at the furtherance of such ideas.• Not all popes were interested, as we shall see, in the furtherance of political power.in furtherance of something• What steps will you take in furtherance of that resolution?• The defendants claimed that what they were doing was in furtherance of their dispute with the provincial newspapers.

fur·ther·ance nounChineseSyllable  

of or process or progress the something act Corpus helping

furtherance
fur‧ther‧ance /ˈfɜːðərəns $ ˈfɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] formal
the act or process of helping something progress or be done
    furtherance of
    the furtherance of science
    in furtherance of something
    Staff are encouraged to use information resources in furtherance of their own professional interests.

fur·ther·anceBrE /ˈfɜːðərəns/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɜːrðərəns/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) the process of helping sth to develop or to be successful 促进；增进 SYN advancement ◆He took these actions purely in (the) furtherance of his own career.他采取这些行动纯粹是为了促进自己的事业发展。