Groundbreaking work makes a real new start: new discoveries, new methods, a way nobody used before. Newspapers and universities love the word, and they sometimes stretch it — a slightly new app may be called groundbreaking when it is only new-ish.

Groundbreaking work makes a real new startgroundbreaking 的工作，開創了真正的新局面：new discoveries, new methods, a way nobody used before像是新發現、新方法，或前所未有的做法。 Newspapers and universities love the word報紙和大學很愛用這個字， and they sometimes stretch it有時候還會用得比較浮誇——a slightly new app may be called groundbreaking一個只是稍微新一點的 app 也可能被說成 groundbreaking， when it is only new-ish其實它也就只是「有點新」而已。

The picture underneath is building: you break the ground when you first dig to start a house. That literal sense is still alive as a noun: a groundbreaking is the ceremony at the start of construction, with speeches and a shovel.

The picture underneath is building這個字背後的畫面跟蓋房子有關：you break the ground when you first dig to start a house你在動土蓋房子時，第一次挖下去就是 break the ground。 That literal sense is still alive as a noun這個字面上的意思還活在名詞用法裡：a groundbreaking is the ceremony at the start of constructiona groundbreaking 指的是工程開工的那個典禮， with speeches and a shovel有致詞，也有鏟子。

The adjective you meet in class is almost always the praise-word for ideas. Though actually, the tidy dictionary “very new and important” is tidier than real talk, where it can be honest or just advertising.

The adjective you meet in class你在課堂上遇到的形容詞用法 is almost always the praise-word for ideas幾乎都是拿來稱讚點子的那種。 Though actually不過其實， the tidy dictionary "very new and important" is tidier than real talk字典上「非常新穎且重要」這個乾淨的說法，比真實對話整齊多了， where it can be honest or just advertising因為在真實對話裡，這個字可能是真心的，也可能只是廣告詞。