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

• 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。
• The enemy failed in their attempt to effect a breakthrough.
  敌军企图突围，但未得逞。
• With the breakthrough in science and technology, the labor form has changed.
  随着科学技术的重大突破，劳动方式也随之发生了变化。
• There has been a breakthrough in this meeting.
  这次会议有一个突破性的发展。
• Alice: A breakthrough has been made in curing cancer.
  艾丽斯：在治疗癌症上现在有了新的突破。
• They announced, amid much ballyhoo, that they had made a breakthrough.
  在一通大吹大擂中，他们宣布自己取得了突破。
• Scientists have made a breakthrough in their treatment of that disease.
  科学家在治疗那种疾病方面已有突破。
• 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。
• 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。
• New Breakthrough Has Been Achieved on Enterprise Technical Renovation and Technical Advancement.
  ――企业技术改造和技术进步工作有新的突破。