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单词 breakthrough
释义
breakthrough
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbreɪk.θruː/us
/ˈbreɪk.θruː/
B2
animportantdiscoveryoreventthathelpstoimproveasituationorprovideananswerto aproblem:
重大进展；突破
Scientists arehopingfor a breakthroughinthesearchfor acureforcancer.科学家们希望在治愈癌症的研究上取得突破。
Amajorbreakthroughinnegotiationshas beenachieved.谈判有了重大进展。
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  • Thisdrughas beenheraldedas amajorbreakthrough in thefightagainstbreastcancer.
  • They hadminorbreakthroughs butrealsuccesseludedthem.
  • Biologicalresearchhas often been aprecursortomedicalbreakthroughs whichbenefitpatients.
  • Theleadersemphasizedthat asubstantialbreakthrough had beenachieved, but there was moreworkto be done.
  • Researchersreportedanotherimportantbreakthrough incancerresearch.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Finding and discovering
  • a fishing expeditionidiom
  • ascertain
  • break (fresh/new) groundidiom
  • bringsomethingto lightidiom
  • catchsomeonered-handedidiom
  • catchsomeonewiththeirpants/trousers downidiom
  • flushsomeone/somethingout
  • fossick
  • found
  • geocache
  • pinpoint
  • putsomeoneontosomething
  • putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
  • rake
  • rakesomethingout
  • red-handed
  • rediscover
  • rumble
  • sniff
  • uncover
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Turning points & deciding moments
breakthrough
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈbreɪk.θruː/us/ˈbreɪk.θruː/
veryimportantin theprogressordevelopmentof something or someone, because ofsolvingabigproblemor making abigimprovement:
Thearticledescribedtheimpactoftheirbreakthroughdiscoveryof thestructureofDNA.
Thegrantfundsinnovativeprojectsthat mayleadto breakthroughimprovementsinhealthcare.
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  • The first breakthroughcurefortuberculosiswas streptomycin in the 1940s.
  • Theyearaheadisn'texpectedtoproduceany breakthroughtechnologies.
  • Ifinallyrealizedthat thecommonfactorin all thesefailedrelationshipswas me. It was a breakthroughmoment.
  • Herdepictionof theyoungQueen Elizabeth was her breakthroughrole.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Finding and discovering
  • a fishing expeditionidiom
  • ascertain
  • break (fresh/new) groundidiom
  • bringsomethingto lightidiom
  • catchsomeonered-handedidiom
  • catchsomeonewiththeirpants/trousers downidiom
  • flushsomeone/somethingout
  • fossick
  • found
  • geocache
  • pinpoint
  • putsomeoneontosomething
  • putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
  • rake
  • rakesomethingout
  • red-handed
  • rediscover
  • rumble
  • sniff
  • uncover
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Turning points & deciding moments
(Definition ofbreakthroughfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
breakthrough
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbreɪk.θruː/us
/ˈbreɪk.θruː/
B2
animportantdiscoveryoreventthathelpstoimproveasituationorprovideananswerto aproblem
重大进展；突破
Scientists arehopingfor a breakthroughinthesearchfor acureforcancer.科学家们希望在治愈癌症的研究上取得突破。
Amajorbreakthroughinnegotiationshas beenachieved.谈判有了重大进展。
More examples
  • Thisdrughas beenheraldedas amajorbreakthrough in thefightagainstbreastcancer.
  • They hadminorbreakthroughs butrealsuccesseludedthem.
  • Biologicalresearchhas often been aprecursortomedicalbreakthroughs whichbenefitpatients.
  • Theleadersemphasizedthat asubstantialbreakthrough had beenachieved, but there was moreworkto be done.
  • Researchersreportedanotherimportantbreakthrough incancerresearch.

breakthrough| American Dictionary

breakthrough
noun[C]
us
/ˈbreɪkˌθru/
animportantdiscoveryordevelopmentthathelpstosolveaproblem:
ThePolaroidcamerawas atechnologicalbreakthrough.
(Definition ofbreakthroughfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

breakthrough| Business English

breakthrough
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbreɪkθruː/us
animportantdiscoveryoreventthathelpstoimproveasituationorprovideananswerto aproblem:
breakthrough in sthThedevelopmentofdigitalimagerywas a breakthrough incomputertechnology.
achieve/make a breakthroughAt last a breakthrough innegotiationshas beenachieved.
amajor/real/significantbreakthrough
(Definition ofbreakthroughfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbreakthrough

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It can be conjectured that in this case the electric field is too weak to preventbreakthroughcaused by the hydrodynamic dipole.
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To effect the breakthroughs that are so important in cosmic history, it took a lot of luring!
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This particular technique had been presented by the surgeon to the media as abreakthroughin treatment for the condition.
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Once commercialized fuel markets exist, petroleum fuels can get theirbreakthroughif they can compete on price with fuelwood.
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It was motivated by three breakthroughs that took place around 1970.
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This was indeed abreakthroughin the history of fuzzy systems.
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It is unlikely that such abreakthroughoccurred, given that we have not observed a significant number of top managers' heads rolling.
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What is in little doubt, however, is that the 1960sbreakthroughhad a significant impact on women's lives.
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What explains thebreakthroughfrom blueprint to successful institution ?
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It concludes by firmly locating the ' decisive breakthroughs ' in the century after 1750.
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This is in contrast to neutrally buoyant flows, where thebreakthroughrecovery usually is seen to decline monotonically with increasing levels of heterogeneity.
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Research in neuroanatomy and neurobiology, and behavioral and molecular genetics, fields all currently benefiting from breakthroughs in instrumentation and imaging technology, complement this work.
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This is an open-label feasibility study of a model to evaluate sublingual methadone for cancer-relatedbreakthroughpain.
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Yet economic development is actually an extremely poor guide to the timing of major health policy breakthroughs, much less to their scope or content.
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A condition for the selection was that any instrument considered was to be a technologicalbreakthroughand have generated a musical repertoire.
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Collocationswithbreakthrough

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big breakthrough
Yes, that was abigbreakthrough.
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breakthrough album
The album proved to be the band'sbreakthroughalbum.
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breakthrough season
The 2008-09 season was hisbreakthroughseason.
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