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词汇 breakthrough
释义 breakthrough
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbreɪk.θruː/ us /ˈbreɪk.θruː/
B2
an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem: 重大进展;突破
Scientists are hoping for a breakthrough in the search for a cure for cancer.科学家们希望在治愈癌症的研究上取得突破。
A major breakthrough in negotiations has been achieved.谈判有了重大进展。
This drug has been heralded as a major breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer.据称这种药是在对抗乳腺癌方面取得的一个重大突破。
They had minor breakthroughs but real success eluded them.他们取得了一些小的突破,但没有取得真正意义上的成功。
Biological research has often been a precursor to medical breakthroughs which benefit patients.
The leaders emphasized that a substantial breakthrough had been achieved, but there was more work to be done.
Researchers reported another important breakthrough in cancer research.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Finding and discovering
ascertain
break (fresh/new) groundidiom
bring something to lightidiom
catch someone red-handedidiom
catch someone with their pants/trousers downidiom
fossick
found
geocache
geocaching
get hold ofidiom
homing
pinpoint
plumb
red-handed
rediscover
rediscovery
refind
refound
sniff
suss

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Turning points & deciding moments
breakthrough
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈbreɪk.θruː/ us /ˈbreɪk.θruː/
very important in the progress or development of something or someone, because of solving a big problem or making a big improvement:
The article described the impact of their breakthrough discovery of the structure of DNA.
The grant funds innovative projects that may lead to breakthrough improvements in health care.
The first breakthrough cure for tuberculosis was streptomycin in the 1940s.
The year ahead isn't expected to produce any breakthrough technologies.
I finally realized that the common factor in all these failed relationships was me. It was a breakthrough moment.
Her depiction of the young Queen Elizabeth was her breakthrough role.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Finding and discovering
ascertain
break (fresh/new) groundidiom
bring something to lightidiom
catch someone red-handedidiom
catch someone with their pants/trousers downidiom
fossick
found
geocache
geocaching
get hold ofidiom
homing
pinpoint
plumb
red-handed
rediscover
rediscovery
refind
refound
sniff
suss

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Turning points & deciding moments

breakthrough | American Dictionary


breakthrough
noun[ C ]
us/ˈbreɪkˌθru/
an important discovery or development that helps to solve a problem:
The Polaroid camera was a technological breakthrough.

breakthrough | Business English


breakthrough
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈbreɪkθruː/us
an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem:
breakthrough in sthThe development of digital imagery was a breakthrough in computer technology.
achieve/make a breakthroughAt last a breakthrough in negotiations has been achieved.
a major/real/significant breakthrough

Examples of breakthrough


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


breakthrough

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big breakthrough
Yes, that was a bigbreakthrough.
breakthrough album
The album proved to be the band's breakthroughalbum.
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breakthrough season
The 2008-09 season was his breakthroughseason.
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