Word · Frequency #14532
groundbreaking
开创性的；突破性的
innovative; doing something that has never been done before
- 1.
Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before.
开创性的；新颖的；前所未有的。
- 2.
being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before
前所未有的或创造出新事物的
开创性的；新颖的；前所未有的。；前所未有的或创造出新事物的；开创性的；突破性的
In use
The new smartphone has a groundbreaking design that nobody has seen before.
Her research on renewable energy led to a groundbreaking discovery.
The company announced a groundbreaking plan to clean up the ocean.
be groundbreaking
作表语，主语通常是成果、决定、研究等。
The court's decision was groundbreaking.
法院的裁决具有开创性。
groundbreaking + noun
作定语修饰名词，常与 research、discovery、technique 等搭配。
This is a groundbreaking study in artificial intelligence.
这是一项人工智能领域的开创性研究。
Common mistakes
This technology groundbreaking the medical field.
Connections
Collocations
- groundbreaking research
- 突破性的研究
- Her groundbreaking research changed how we treat the disease.她的突破性研究改变了我们治疗这种疾病的方式。
- groundbreaking discovery
- 开创性发现
- The team made a groundbreaking discovery about the origins of life.该团队在生命起源方面做出了开创性发现。
- groundbreaking study
- 具有开创意义的研究
- The groundbreaking study was published in a top medical journal.这项具有开创意义的研究发表在顶级医学期刊上。
- groundbreaking work
- 开创性工作
- This book is considered a groundbreaking work in modern linguistics.这本书被认为是现代语言学领域的开创性工作。
- groundbreaking technology
- 突破性技术
- The company unveiled groundbreaking technology that charges a phone in seconds.这家公司推出了可在几秒内给手机充电的突破性技术。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“破土动工”：新建筑要从地面破土而出，groundbreaking 就像为从未有过的新事物开辟第一块土地。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：news reporting、academic writing、everyday conversation groundbreaking 在正式和非正式语境中都可以使用，通常多用于新闻报道、学术或商业评论中，用来形容非常创新、前所未有的事物；日常口语中也可使用，但语气较强。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 groundbreaking 押韵的词包括 heartbreaking、record-breaking、lawbreaking、housebreaking，它们都以 /breɪkɪŋ/ 结尾。注意 background 和 playground 虽然含有 ground 的拼写，但发音是 /ɡraʊnd/，与 -breaking 完全不同，不要混淆。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.