pioneer
n
1
(a) person who is among the first to go into an area or country to settle or work there 拓荒者; 開發者
land cleared by the pioneers 拓荒者開墾的土地
[attrib 作定語]
pioneer wagons 拓荒者的四輪大車.
(b) person who goes into previously unknown regions; explorer 探險者
pioneers in space 探索宇宙空間的人.
2 person who is the first to study a new area of knowledge 探索新知識領域的人
They were pioneers in the field of microsurgery. 他們是顯微外科學領域的創始人.
[attrib 作定語]
pioneer work 探索新知識領域的工作.
3 any one of a group of soldiers who go into an area in advance of an army to clear paths, make roads, etc 工兵. pioneer, v
1 [I] act as a pioneer(1a) 當拓荒者; 當開發者.
2 [Tn] open up (a way, etc) 開辟(道路等)
pioneer a new route to the coast 開辟通往海岸的新路線.
3 [Tn] be the first person to develop (new methods); help the early development of (sth) 倡導(新方法); 促進(某事物)的初期發展
She pioneered the use of the drug. 是她最先使用的這種藥品.