| 单词 | breakthrough |
| 释义 | breakthrough (breɪkθruː ) Word forms: breakthroughs 1. countable noun B2 A breakthrough is an important development or achievement. The company looks poised to make a significant breakthrough in China. [+ in] The breakthrough came hours before a U.N. deadline. Synonyms: development, advance, progress, improvement 2. attributive adjective A breakthrough drug or medicine leads to significant improvements in success in treating a disease. [medicine] A breakthrough drug was found to reduce the problem by 75 per cent. The treatment was described as a breakthrough therapy which was close to being curative. 3. attributive adjective A breakthrough success takes a person to a higher level in their career, often in sport or show business. His breakthrough album sold 12 million copies. He enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2017–18. She was one of the breakthrough stars of the last series. Collocations: breakthrough discovery The breakthrough discovery should increase the speed of information transfer within a microchip and cut the cost of laser chips. Times, Sunday Times The trend toward the unceasing trailing of certain key figures came from the breakthrough discovery that almost every image of the right person was interesting. Times, Sunday Times A stem-cell scientist branded a cheat for faking research has been commended for achieving a breakthrough discovery, albeit by accident. Times, Sunday Times Past breakthrough discoveries such as silicon and carbon fibre show that it takes decades for products and applications to become commercially viable. Times, Sunday Times Over the years, it has been responsible for breakthrough discoveries that have enabled medical science to control such virulent diseases as diphtheria, tetanus, tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, influenza, yellow fever, and plague. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But are they ever going to have another breakthrough product? Times, Sunday Times This solid foundation gives great coverage, but feels lightweight — enough to impress you as a serious breakthrough product. Times, Sunday Times Another breakthrough product, the world's first solid-state amplifier, was released in 1957. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Slot drainage has proved the most breakthrough product of the last twenty years in the as a drainage option. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Developers fear that breakthrough products will in future command low prices and be reserved for only the hardest-to-treat patients. Times, Sunday Times In retrospect, he thinks these experiences were useful when it came to his breakthrough role. Times, Sunday Times I ask if she thinks this might be her breakthrough role. Times, Sunday Times Playing was definitely my breakthrough role. The Sun However, he won the part and it came to be regarded as his breakthrough role. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He made four more movies before his breakthrough role. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This has been a breakthrough season for the 26-year-old left-hander, who went past 700 runs for the campaign. Times, Sunday Times And so to this, his proper breakthrough season. Times,Sunday Times He has just played the 56th and final match of his breakthrough season. Times, Sunday Times Spurs' hero has answered any doubters by improving on his breakthrough season with a stellar second. The Sun Several youngsters already at the club are poised to make 2011-12 their breakthrough season. Times, Sunday Times The breakthrough technology allows viewers to experience the same sensation of depth that previously required polarising glasses or ones with colour filters. Times, Sunday Times Once successful with a breakthrough technology, financial rewards typically follow. Christianity Today Motorists did not find that the system 'was the breakthrough technology they were waiting for' but it could be an influencing factor in promoting green vehicles, the report said. Times, Sunday Times However, the idea was dropped as no major breakthrough technology was realised in tank design that needed a complete design from scratch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Heavy investment in the technology and processes that support existing products and services may lead to the rejection of new breakthrough technologies. Times, Sunday Times Even so, the treatment was described as a breakthrough therapy which was 'close to being curative'. Times, Sunday Times Breakthrough therapies for rarer cancers have themselves been rare to non-existent. Times, Sunday Times He cited the firm's potential to create breakthrough therapies for unmet medical needs as his reason for leaving academia. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This season looked like being his breakthrough year. Times, Sunday Times After waiting a few seasons for an opportunity, he's had a fantastic breakthrough year and scooped all the trophies at our end-of-season-awards. The Sun It was my breakthrough year. Times, Sunday Times This looks like being her breakthrough year. Times, Sunday Times This was a breakthrough year for him. Times, Sunday Times For most bands, the plan after finally making your commercial breakthrough after eight albums would be simple — do it again. Times, Sunday Times It also can point to evidence that it may be on the cusp of a commercial breakthrough - several, in fact. Times, Sunday Times Both parties desperately needed a commercial breakthrough if they were to survive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Released in 1972, it was her commercial breakthrough. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was a successful combination as the release was the band's first commercial breakthrough. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His conceptual breakthrough has helped to confirm key parts of the standard model of particle physics and to raise new questions about gravity. Times, Sunday Times They are about the conceptual breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times Had a major conceptual breakthrough after discovering his family photos which reminded him of the memories destroyed by the contextual cultural setting of the time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its generalization to weighted graphs was a conceptual breakthrough in the usage of linear programming ideas in combinatorial optimization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His belief that scientific progress came from conceptual breakthroughs fueled his formulation and reformulation of a theory of motivation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If you have been waiting for a sporting or creative breakthrough, today can be the day. The Sun Mercury's backtrack may delay a creative breakthrough, but the sun's arrival lightens the load. The Sun Most exceptionally creative people devoted almost all of their time and energy into their craft, and after about a decade had a creative breakthrough of fame. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative breakthroughs often come to those who take an old idea and set it to work in a new field. Times, Sunday Times No, when you look at most creative breakthroughs they were under these conditions: intense and challenging rivalry, intellectual freedom and financial limit. Times, Sunday Times There had been whispers of a diplomatic breakthrough since last year, but the sudden announcement — and its scale — caught the world by surprise. Times, Sunday Times There's got to be a diplomatic breakthrough of some kind ... Times, Sunday Times Could such chance encounters allow for unexpected diplomatic breakthroughs? Times, Sunday Times Without a dramatic breakthrough in technology, the increase in flights would overwhelm any benefit from negligible increases in aircraft efficiency. Times, Sunday Times The network has pioneered seahorse breeding and rearing since making a dramatic breakthrough with spiny seahorses in 1985. Times, Sunday Times Luckily for him, wages outstripping inflation by 0.1 per cent isn't a dramatic breakthrough. The Sun The dramatic breakthrough came just hours before 120,000 posties were due to start another 24-hour stoppage. The Sun It would be naive to expect any dramatic breakthrough. Outlook India A very, very exciting breakthrough, which can only improve. The Sun So now, in the absence of any new and exciting breakthrough, you're just being offered the same thing in a slightly different way. Times, Sunday Times For motorists, the most exciting breakthrough could be in fuelling green cars. Times, Sunday Times You make exciting breakthroughs at work or in a contest. The Sun There are so many exciting breakthroughs in cancer treatment within reach in our lifetime. Times, Sunday Times In fact the memory box proved a huge breakthrough. The Sun If he had not persevered, his appliances would probably not have enjoyed the huge breakthrough that made them world-beaters. Times, Sunday Times But last week was a huge breakthrough for her and it showed what she can do. The Sun A huge breakthrough when they first came onto the market 15 years ago, sweat-wicking fabrics work by drawing moisture away from the body. Times, Sunday Times It seems impossibly quaint now, but it was a huge breakthrough at the time. Times, Sunday Times There can be an important breakthrough with financial plans. The Sun Your mind buzzes with bright ideas, even when others relax, and this leads to an important breakthrough at work and with home plans. The Sun But if you use excess energy to deal with restlessness, you can make an important breakthrough with two ambitions that matter to you. The Sun It can actually be a great opportunity to make an important breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times At work, or if you're looking for a new job, your blend of intuition, logic and factfinding helps you to make an important breakthrough. The Sun Painkillers were a major breakthrough in modern medicine and are hugely important to help people manage pain, but they must be treated with caution. Times, Sunday Times This should prove to be her major breakthrough. The Sun But the chances of her securing a major breakthrough are low. The Sun But in a major breakthrough, code-busting investigators have found a way to trace users. The Sun The theory represented a major breakthrough in economics, and transformed much of economic planning and decision-making worldwide. Times, Sunday Times But despite being hailed as a medical breakthrough, many people are concerned. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps this will be the one who will bring about a new era of economic stability, or some miracle medical breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times But now there's a new medical breakthrough every 15 minutes, or a new machine that goes ping, and all of these things cost a fortune. The Sun The scale of this medical breakthrough cannot be overstated. Times,Sunday Times Yet the one thing that appears to have kept him from despair was the prospect of a medical breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times It could be a real breakthrough for her. The Sun It was a real breakthrough for me and has definitely helped me to shed my 6st. The Sun If we could have childbirth without fear of either, that would be the real breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times Compared with the fearsome foxhorse, it's a real breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times A real breakthrough - and one that can genuinely claim to be changing the face of make-up for the better. Times, Sunday Times Although the agreement to press ahead with new police action represents a breakthrough, the situation remains very sensitive. Times, Sunday Times Creating a robot with the deftness of touch to pick strawberries represents a breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times Rather than representing a breakthrough, it found that higher participation among young voters in the 2017 general election was a return to longer term trends. Times, Sunday Times It represents a breakthrough in the long campaign to reduce locomotive-deer collisions and the delays and inconvenience to passengers that they bring. Times, Sunday Times These results represented a breakthrough for the athlete, who had previously struggled to make an impact at major competitions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was no single research breakthrough at the conference which emerged as particularly newsworthy in the mass media. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Five per cent of people with asthma don't respond to current treatments so research breakthroughs could be lifechanging for hundreds of thousands of people. Times, Sunday Times So if you want value for money focus on the diseases of the brain: that's where we need research breakthroughs. Times, Sunday Times Towards the front of each issue are editorials, news and feature articles on issues of general interest to scientists, including current affairs, science funding, business, scientific ethics and research breakthroughs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As for the prospect of a scientific breakthrough, she doesn't hold out much hope. Times, Sunday Times Their scientific breakthrough has the potential to improve soil health and conditions, and create far more productive yields for global farmers. Christianity Today This was a scientific breakthrough and a propaganda coup. Times, Sunday Times Achieving a scientific breakthrough tends to require an element of personal sacrifice, normally in the form of late nights in the laboratory crunching data. Times, Sunday Times But it's also, in a way, a tale to puncture humanity's hubris, as the scientific breakthrough they need to reach their destination planet proves elusive. The Sun Discussions about the latter led to the secret listeners' most significant breakthrough. Times,Sunday Times Their experimental discovery was a significant breakthrough in physics. Times, Sunday Times Last night, senior officers described the arrests for conspiracy to commit robbery as 'a significant breakthrough'. Times, Sunday Times They said it was a significant breakthrough in the search for life on the red planet. The Sun Vitrification was pioneered five years ago and signalled a significant breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times There have been growing suggestions over the past two years, however, that it had made the crucial technical breakthrough. Times, Sunday Times This technical breakthrough enables radically improved performance of automotive suspension systems, absorbing bumps and road shock while controlling car body motions and sway. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There were no technical breakthroughs, so the company went with the safety angle. Times, Sunday Times He has also revolutionised the medium: recent technical breakthroughs in paper size have allowed him to paint probably the largest single-piece watercolours in the world. Times, Sunday Times Prototypes, new equipment, technical breakthroughs, international partnerships, as well as political and social debates, have been announced at the exhibition. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It hopes that a carbon-hostile tax would prompt a technological breakthrough to solve the problem. Times, Sunday Times What was the great technological breakthrough that made starting easy? Times, Sunday Times Was it possible that this ship was witness to a naval technological breakthrough, more than a century earlier than previously realised? Times, Sunday Times And yet it seems there has been no massive technological breakthrough - just a bit of clever tweaking. Times, Sunday Times It was as if tracking six horses over six furlongs was a technological breakthrough. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 突破 Japanese: 飛躍的進歩 |
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