an advance against royalties

• 预付的版税

an advance against royalties的用法和样例：

例句

1. They defrauded the author of his royalties by ignoring copyright.
   他们漠视版权骗取作者的版税。
2. The royalties from his books and short stories still literally flowed in from all over the world.
   他的书和短篇小说的版税像水一般源源不断地从全世界流来。