0 an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem:
1 very important in the progress or development of something or someone, because of solving a big problem or making a big improvement:
2 an important discovery or development that helps to solve a problem:
The Polaroid camera was a technological breakthrough.
3 an important discovery or event that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem:
breakthrough in sth The development of digital imagery was a breakthrough in computer technology.
achieve/make a breakthrough At last a breakthrough in negotiations has been achieved.
a major/real/significant breakthrough
This drug has been heralded as a major breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer.
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.
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.
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重大進展, 突破…
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重大进展, 突破…
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avance, descubrimiento [masculine], avance [masculine]…
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avanço importante, progresso…
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大発見, 解明, 打開…
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büyük hamle, önemli buluş, ilerleme…
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percée [feminine], percée…
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avenç…
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