- 1/ˌpaɪəˈnɪr/ · /ˌpaɪəˈnɪə/先驅、開拓者
A person who is one of the first to do something, go somewhere, or try a new idea - someone who goes first and makes it easier for everyone who comes after. Used for real explorers ('the pioneers who first crossed the mountains') and for someone first in a field of work ('a pioneer in medicine'). Also a verb: 'she pioneered this method' means she was the first to develop and use it.
示範例句 · Example
John Whitney was a pioneer of computer animation.
逐字約翰·惠特尼是電腦動畫的一位先驅。
常見搭配
a pioneer of something
某個領域的先驅
someone who started an important new field or method
He is remembered as a pioneer of wildlife photography.
a pioneer in the field of something
某專業領域的先驅
an early and important figure in a particular area of work
He was a pioneer in the field of biotechnology.
pioneering research / work
開創性的研究／工作
research or work that produces completely new knowledge
Her pioneering work on sleep changed how doctors treat tired patients.
core核心畫面
組成Comes from an old French word for a foot soldier who was sent ahead of the main army to clear and prepare the way - which is where the meaning 'someone who goes first' comes from.
原始詞典資料11 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。
Pioneernoun
- 1
A person born on or before 31 December 1949 and possessing Singapore citizenship on or before 31 December 1986, given this status and certain benefits to recognise their contributions to Singapore's early development.
- Now they are trying hard, working hard, in trying to "give back" […] to the older people classified as "pioneer generations" […]
- As someone from the Pioneer Generation, I have experienced much hardship […] from the scourge of water-rationing in the 1960s […]
Pioneername
- 1
A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
- 2
A planning area in the West Region of Singapore.
- 3
A locality in Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.
pioneernoun/ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/
- 1
One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow.
- 2
A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress.
- Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization.
- Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform.
- 3
governmentmilitarypoliticsA soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper.
- [King of] Fess. What thinks your greatnes beſt to be atchieu’d In purſuit of the Cities ouerthrow? Bai[azeth]. I wil the captiue Pioners of Argier, Cut off the water, that by leaden pipes Runs to the citie from the mountain Carnon, […]
- 4
A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol.
- 5
communismgovernmenthuman-sciencesA member of a children’s organization operated by the Communist Party, typically in the second of three stages toward becoming a member of the Party itself.
pioneerverb/ˌpaɪ.əˈnɪə(ɹ)/
- 1
To be the first to do or achieve (something), preparing the way for others to follow.
- The young doctor pioneered a new life-saving surgical technique.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。