- 1開創性的、先驅的
Pioneering describes work, ideas, or methods that are new — and not only new, but first in a way that other people later follow. A pioneering teacher tries a method nobody has used there before; a pioneering scientist opens a path others walk down. It is a praising word. It does not mean “strange” or merely “modern”; it means you went first, and the thing was better, or at least newly possible. It comes from pioneer: first a soldier who went ahead to clear the way, then a person who settled new land, then anyone who does a thing before the crowd. Pioneering feels a little formal, the kind of word you meet in news and . You can also use pioneer as a verb: she pioneered the method. Same idea, in motion.
From the word’s history
From pioneer, from Middle French pionnier, originally 'a foot soldier', from Old French peon 'foot soldier'; compare pawn.
來自 pioneer,源自中古法文 pionnier,原指「步兵」。
組成pioneer + -ing:pioneer 是「走在前面的人」,加上 -ing 變成形容詞,說那件工作或想法是頭一個。
同家族的字
- pioneerthe person or act of going first; pioneering is the adjective from this word
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pioneeringadj
- 1
Involving accomplishments or activities that have not been done before, or developing or using new methods or techniques.
- Norway as a polar nation would not have been what it is today without their tireless pioneering efforts.
- Lastly, and in line with the tradition of honoring a scientist, the name oganesson and symbol Og for element 118 was proposed by the collaborating teams of discoverers at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA) and recognizes Professor Yuri Oganessian (born 1933) for his pioneering contributions to transactinoid elements research.
pioneeringnoun
- 1
The activity of the verb pioneer.
- 2
A scoutcraft skill that involves building structures using staves and knots.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
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