breakthrough
🇺🇸
/ˈbreɪkθruː/
🇬🇧
/ˈbreɪkθruː/
noun
C1
an important new discovery or success
Scientists made a breakthrough in cancer research that could save many lives.
科学家在癌症研究中取得了重大突破，这可能挽救许多生命。
adjective
R
new and very successful for the first time
This breakthrough medicine helps patients in ways no other treatment can.
这种突破性药物以其他治疗方法无法实现的方式帮助患者。
translation
突破
首创的
词形变化
Plural
breakthroughs