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

• The enemy failed in their attempt to effect a breakthrough.
  敌军企图突围，但未得逞。
• 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。
• This was the breakthrough.
  这是一个突破性的发现。
• An important breakthrough in negotiations has been achieved.
  谈判有了重要突破。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• This is only a breakthrough on the hardware and software breakthroughs.
  这个只是硬件上的突破和软件上的突破。
• 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。
• 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。