breakthrough

英 [ˈbreɪkθruː]

美 [ˈbreɪkθruː]

n.  重大进展; 突破

复数：breakthroughs　

高考IELTSTEM8BEC经济

BNC.6455 / COCA.5308

牛津词典

noun

• 重大进展；突破
  an important development that may lead to an agreement or achievement
  1. to make/achieve a breakthrough
     作出 / 取得突破性进展
  2. a significant breakthrough in negotiations
     谈判中的重大突破
  3. a major breakthrough in cancer research
     癌症研究中的重要突破

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 突破；重大进展
  Abreakthroughis an important development or achievement.
  1. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China...
     这家公司看来很有把握在中国取得重大突破。
  2. The breakthrough came hours before a UN deadline.
     在联合国的最后期限到来前数小时取得了重大突破。

英英释义

noun

• making an important discovery
• a penetration of a barrier such as an enemy's defense
• a productive insight
  Synonym:discoveryfind

双语例句

• That's why I believe this can be a breakthrough year for America.
  这就是为何我相信今年将是美国突破之年。
• This latest development has been heralded as a major breakthrough in modern science.
  最新的进展宣告了现代科学领域里的重大突破。
• The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China
  这家公司看来很有把握在中国取得重大突破。
• He finally has a breakthrough in his creation.
  他终于在创作上有了突破。
• This may have been an improvement, but 'breakthrough' was an overstatement
  这算得上是一个改进吧，但说是“突破”就言过其实了。
• If such materials became generally available to the optics industry the payoffs from such a breakthrough would be enormous
  如果这些材料能够普遍用于光学产业，那么这一突破带来的收益将非常巨大。
• This was the breakthrough.
  这是一个突破性的发现。
• Entrepreneurship education is the necessary measure for the reform and the breakthrough of a new direction of higher education.
  开展创业教育作为高等教育改革的必然措施和突破的新方向。
• With breast cancer, as with many common diseases, there is no obvious breakthrough on the horizon
  对乳腺癌等很多常见疾病来说，目前还看不到有明显的突破。
• This breakthrough provides a new approach to the Chinese grammatical culture.
  这一突破性的研究为我国的语法文化提供了一个新的思路。