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词汇 moonshot
释义 moonshot
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈmuːn.ʃɒt/ us /ˈmuːn.ʃɑːt/

moonshotnoun[C] (TRIP TO MOON)


the act of sending a spacecraft to the moon: (火箭、宇宙飞船等的)向月球发射
This is technology that can be used in another moonshot or a Mars mission.这项技术可以用于下一次登月或火星计划。
He published s an expense report requesting $33.31 for expenses incurred during Aldrin's moonshot.
In the 1960s, following the moonshot, it was predicted that within a few years dinner would come in the form of three pills.
In those days, transatlantic crossings were like moonshots.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Space travel
airlock
astronaut
astronautics
autopilot
biosatellite
blast
capsule
cosmonaut
escape velocity
EVA
flyby
launcher
rocket science
space capsule
space probe
space shuttle
space tourism
space tourist
spacefarer
spacewalk

moonshotnoun[C] (BOLD PLAN)


a plan or aim to do something that seems almost impossible:
The company has received funding from the US Department of Energy, so it looks as if someone believes this moonshot could work.
He believes the Covid testing moonshot is the only way out for the UK economy in the face of a probable winter surge.
He knows the vaccine is a moonshot, but he figures anything less would amount to surrender.
If ever there was a global moonshot worth supporting, this is it.
We're taking a moonshot that we'll want to be interacting with computers in deeply emotional ways.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Goals and purposes
achievement orientation
affordance
ambition
avail
cause
dedicated
dream
eye
function
idea
idly
intention
it's the thought that countsidiom
key performance indicator
subgoal
target
target setting
thought
towards
undedicated
moonshot
adjective
uk /ˈmuːn.ʃɒt/ us /ˈmuːn.ʃɑːt/
used to refer to a plan or aim to do something that seems almost impossible, or relating to such plans or aims:
These super-rich companies have enough money to invest in whatever moonshot projects they like.
Moonshot thinking starts with picking a big problem and articulating a radical solution.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Goals and purposes
achievement orientation
affordance
ambition
avail
cause
dedicated
dream
eye
function
idea
idly
intention
it's the thought that countsidiom
key performance indicator
subgoal
target
target setting
thought
towards
undedicated

Examples of moonshot


moonshot
In one moonshot, all systems told the men to abort.
From the
Hansard archive

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Players in an alliance will often give each other moonshots by attacking a certain amount of ships purposefully left behind.
From
Wikipedia

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Obviously he hits some moonshots too.
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Wikipedia

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