pioneering
开拓性,开拓性的,开创性,开创性的
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Definitions
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- : a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
- : a person, group, or thing that is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or development: a woman who was a pioneer in cancer research;vehicles that were pioneers of automotive engineering.
- : one of a group of foot soldiers detailed to make roads, dig intrenchments, etc., in advance of the main body.
- : Ecology. an organism that successfully establishes itself in a barren area, thus starting an ecological cycle of life.
- : Aerospace. one of a series of U.S. space probes that explored the solar system and transmitted scientific information to earth.
- : a member of a Communist organization in the Soviet Union for children ranging in age from 10 to 16.Compare Komsomol, Octobrist.
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- : to act as a pioneer.
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Examples
Oregon wine pioneer David Lett first planted pinot gris in the Willamette Valley in 1970, and today his son Jason continues to produce the standard-bearer for this grape in the Pacific Northwest.
Snapchat helped pioneer the use of lenses on faces in photos and videos to turn ordinary picture messages into fantastical creations where humans can look like, say, cats, and even cats can wear festival-chic flower crowns.
Evenflo’s general counsel could not be reached for comment but has said in the past that the company has been a pioneer in side-impact testing and that its seats are safe, effective and affordable.
You remember, there is a story about solar impulse with Bertrand Piccard, a pioneer who did a world tour with a plane powered by the sun.
That policy gives Nio, which is pioneering battery-swapping services, greater flexibility on how it prices its models.
I think they could learn something from their pioneering forebear.
Violence against women continues to plague Turkey, and a pioneering new female political party blames Erdogan's machismo.
The pioneering geographer Bernard Nietschmann once contended “more indigenous territory has been claimed by maps than by guns.”
A pioneering photographer in the 1950s, Bunny Yeager discovered the iconic Bettie Page and helped establish pin-ups.
Veteran illustrator Howard Brodie was on the case, pioneering the rising art form.
Interplanetary commerce, if and when it begins, will be fraught with all of the dangers that accompany pioneering expeditions.