Trendsetting is the adjective: it describes a person, thing, company or piece of work that starts a fashion others then follow. So a trendsetter is the person, and 'trendsetting' is what you call them or their work — 'a trendsetting designer', 'her trendsetting album', 'a trendsetting design'. It carries praise: it says this came first and changed what came after.

Trendsetting is the adjectivetrendsetting是形容詞it describes a person, thing, company or piece of work that starts a fashion others then follow用來形容開創了一種風潮、後來被別人跟進的人、東西、公司或作品So a trendsetter is the person所以trendsetter是那個人and 'trendsetting' is what you call them or their work而trendsetting就是你拿來形容他們或他們作品的字'a trendsetting designer', 'her trendsetting album', 'a trendsetting design'像trendsetting designer、她的trendsetting album、trendsetting designIt carries praise它帶著讚美的意味it says this came first and changed what came after意思是這個先出現還改變了後來的東西

Two useful habits of the word. First, it very often sits right in front of a noun ('a trendsetting show'); it is much less common after 'be' — people write 'the album was trendsetting', and it is understood, but 'a trendsetting album' sounds more natural.

Two useful habits of the word這個字有兩個實用的習慣First, it very often sits right in front of a noun ('a trendsetting show')第一它很常直接放在名詞前面像「a trendsetting show」it is much less common after 'be'放在be動詞後面就少見多了people write 'the album was trendsetting', and it is understood有人會寫「the album was trendsetting」這樣也看得懂but 'a trendsetting album' sounds more natural但「a trendsetting album」聽起來更自然

Second, it is a favourite of advertising and journalism, so it can feel a little inflated; when a shop calls itself trendsetting, treat it as a sales word.

Second, it is a favourite of advertising and journalism第二廣告和新聞業很愛用它so it can feel a little inflated所以有時候會顯得有點誇大when a shop calls itself trendsetting, treat it as a sales word當一家店自稱trendsetting就把它當成推銷用語

Used honestly, it is usually said looking backwards — we can only really see that something was trendsetting after other people copied it.

Used honestly, it is usually said looking backwards老實用的話通常是回頭看才會這樣說we can only really see that something was trendsetting after other people copied it只有等別人跟著抄了我們才真的看得出那個東西當初是trendsetting