innovation

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in·no·va·tion /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/ AWL noun

1 [countableC]INVENT a new idea, method, or invention 新观念；新方法；新发明

innovation in

recent innovations in English teaching

英语教学的新创举

2 [uncountableU]NEW the introduction of new ideas or methods 革新，创新

We must encourage innovation if the company is to remain competitive.

公司要想保持竞争力，就必须鼓励革新。

innovation in

We need to encourage innovation in industry.

我们需要鼓励工业创新。

Many people feel bewildered by the speed of technological innovation.

很多人对技术革新的速度感到不知所措。

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innovation• Innovation and hard work are the cornerstones of this company.• Innovations in information technology have completely transformed the way students work.• What exactly will the impact of all these communication innovations be?• Electric lighting was still considered a daring innovation when it was installed in my grandfather's house.• The kids-only Internet service is a great innovation which will help parents control their children's access to the Internet.• In those days, the automobile was a recent innovation.• Anti-lock brakes have been a major safety innovation.• All the latest technological innovations of cinema were used to create the special effects.

technological innovation• Fox will try to bring the puck more into the picture tomorrow night with a technological innovation.• Then they boasted about technological innovations - steam engines, railway locomotives, steam turbines and so on.• In order to compete, firms would therefore have to seek ever-increasing technological innovations to raise productivity, increase output and reduce prices.• Research into technological innovation has generally assumed that although shifts have occurred they have been within a stable organisational framework.• But after that, for some seven centuries, there was no major technological innovation.• It is not as if Eurotunnel was working at the leading-edge of technological innovation.• In recent years, we have seen that technological innovation canoes forth modern values into hypermodern forms.• Nothing can change, or will change, without technological innovations.

From Longman Business Dictionary

innovationin·no·va·tion /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/ noun

1[countableC] a new idea, method, or invention

It is a fairly recent innovation for rent to be paid in advance.

the technical innovations which research could deliver to the economy

2[uncountableU] the introduction of new ideas or methods

We encourage creativity and innovation.

Mr. Bohn planned to accelerate the pace of technological innovation at Porsche.

→ product innovation

in·no·va·tion noun

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