make progress

基本解释

Modesty helps one to go forward [make progress]; conceit makes one lag behind.
虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
《新英汉大辞典》
It's better to have some working software that helps us make progress by the time those things disappear, than to have nothing and regret the experience.
最好在那些东西用完的时候开发出一些能够助我们前进的工作软件，而不是一无所有，并对这样的经历感到后悔。

"Malawi is a landlocked state, it is one of the ones that we tend to worry most about, and yet it has demonstrated that when you focus attention on a problem you can make progress."
PROFESSOR: So, does anyone have any questions about the set up here, does it make sense what we're looking for the bar to go back once we make some progress.
教授：所以，有人对这套装置,有疑问吗，一旦我们,取得了一些进展,我们看到这个棒又返回来。
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Computers, the Internet, and communication devices are fundamental to financial progress and they make things possible that wouldn't have been possible before.
计算机,网络,通讯设备,是金融进步的基础,正是这些技术使得过去不可能的事情,如今变成了现实
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Farrakhan says black leaders must address moral issues to make progress in the days ahead.
NPR: Minister Louis Farrakhan
But failure to make progress there also damages America's wider effort, in Iraq and beyond.
ECONOMIST: Much has been achieved, but things are now going badly