| 词组 | breakthrough |
| 释义 | breakthrough The chief criticism of breakthrough as overused dates back to the mid-1960s; the other criticism that it is sometimes indifferently printed as hyphened or open is too trivial to worry about. Many compound words are so treated. Breakthrough denotes an advance through a barrier. The advance need not be a deeply significant or a startling one: • ... accomplished her breakthrough into musical comedy —Current Biography, December 1967 • ... a technological breakthrough in rainwear —Orvis catalog, 1980 • One of the illustrations for this book actually shows a girl holding a snake. Another breakthrough! —Barbara Brenner, N. Y. Times Book Rev., 4 May 1975 To stress importance, adjectives are often added: • This is a major breakthrough —Robert Lewis Shayon, Saturday Rev., 4 Mar. 1972 • The big breakthrough came in 1960 —Norman Cousins, Saturday Rev., 13 Nov. 1976 • ... one of the most significant trade breakthroughs of the century —St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 27 Dec. 1971 • ... where you can be wiped out by a dramatic breakthrough overnight —George W. Blackwood, quoted in Annual Report, W. R. Grace & Co., 1970 |
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