a scientific breakthrough

基本解释

It is being called a scientific breakthrough.
它是被称为科学性的突破。
A scientific breakthrough in 2005 added an “ion gun” to the machines and allowed Dr. Fernández to check hundreds of pills a day.
2005年的一个重大科技突破给这种机器安上了“离子枪”，能够让费尔南德兹博士每天检测几百个药丸。
But a scientific breakthrough announced this week could start to reduce that number within a decade.
但是，本周公布的一项科学突破可能将在十年内使这一数字下降。
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Doctor Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, who led the study for the Thai Ministry of Public Health,called it a scientific breakthrough.

In the late 19th century, the painting was a scientific breakthrough.
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After all, if any radical new technology works, he says, a savvy inventor ought to skip the media and publish the details of their discovery in a credible scientific journal to establish that he, or she, made the breakthrough first.
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