breakthrough

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n. 突破 [经] 突破, 新发现, 新进展

发音

US /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/

词形变化

breakthroughs 复数 breakthroughs

别名

breakthru

教材释义与例句

名词

突破;突破性进展

an important new discovery in something you are studying, especially one made after trying for a long time

The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China.

该公司看上去稳将在中国实现一次重大突破。

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    An advance through and past enemy lines.

    突破

    政治 军事
  2. 2.

    Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle.

    突破

    Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics.

  3. 3.

    The penetration of the opposition's defence.

    体育
  4. 4.

    The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.

    商务 建筑 工程
  5. 5.

    The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment.

    定语 医学

    She was on two antiepileptics for five years but then had a breakthrough seizure.

    He was managing his discomfort with common painkillers, but one morning he had breakthrough pain causing him to miss work.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.

    a breakthrough technological advance

  2. 2.

    Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease.

    医学

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词源

From break + through. Compare German Durchbruch and Dutch doorbraak (“breakthrough”, literally “through-break”).

来源:wiktionary