pioneer

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pi·o·neer1 /ˌpaɪəˈnɪə $ -ˈnɪr/ noun [countableC]

1 FIRSTsomeone who is important in the early development of something, and whose work or ideas are later developed by other people 先驅，先鋒，創始人

pioneer of

John Whitney was a pioneer of computer animation.

約翰·惠特尼是電腦動畫的先驅。

He was a pioneer in the field of biotechnology.

他是生物技術領域的帶頭人。

2 FIRSTone of the first people to travel to a new country or area and begin living there, farming etc 拓荒者，開拓者，開發者

the early pioneers of the Dakota territory

達科他地區的早期拓荒者

Examples from the Corpus

pioneer• In terms of narratology, the author is almost a pioneer of postmodernism in his use of cyclical narrative.• I never once thought about being a pioneer.• Robey was a pioneer who gave black talent a shot, a black surviving in a racist industry.• Many of the early pioneers left after a long cold winter.• As with any racial pioneer, Davis' path was not easy.• I will bless thee, black-vested minister of optimism, stern pioneer of happiness!• There are people out there who really do see him as the pioneer of a computer-generated escape from reality.• He also had a working association with the civil engineer Robert Sabine, one of the pioneers of transatlantic telegraphy.• Earlie is one of a small but growing group of urban pioneers whose frontier is the central city.

pioneer2 verb [transitiveT]

FIRSTto be the first person to do, invent, or use something 開創，開發；倡導

The new cancer treatment was pioneered in the early eighties by Dr Sylvia Bannerjee.

這種新的癌症治療方法是由西爾維娅·班納基醫生在80年代初期開創的。

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pioneer• It has exploited the internet to pioneer a model of global activism.• Heart-transplant surgery was pioneered by Professor Christian Barnard.• Newer stealth planes, including the B-2 bomber and the F-22, use the curve structure pioneered by Tacit Blue.• Although Garfield's tone is a little dry, Mauve is a fitting tribute to the man who pioneered industrial chemistry.• She pioneered one of the first televised courses for nursing education in 1961.• Brownell did pioneering research on the ill effects of yo-yo dieting.• He pioneered techniques for photographing moving objects.• Ramsay pioneered the informal portrait in the fashionable world of London.• After college, Kobliner worked for Sylvia Porter, the famed author and columnist who pioneered the personal-finance field.• Willows, which pioneered the succession during the Late-glacial period, do the same on urban areas.• Merrell pioneered the use of Velcro instead of laces on boots.

From Longman Business Dictionary

pioneerpi·o·neer /ˌpaɪəˈnɪə-ˈnɪr/ noun [countableC]

the first person or organization to do something that other people and organizations later develop or continue to do

pioneers willing to try a new software product and lead others to it

pioneer of

Victor Co. of Japan, pioneer of the videocassette recorder

pioneer in

Kentucky Fried Chicken, one of the pioneers in the fast-food business

—pioneer verb [transitiveT]

The company pioneered video games in the early 1970s.

—pioneering adjectiveadj

a pioneering disk-drive maker

Origin pioneer1

(1500-1600) Old French peonier “soldier”, from peon, from Medieval Latin pedo; → PAWN1

pi·o·neer1 nounpioneer2 verb

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