- pioneer (in/of something)
a person who is the first to study and develop a particular area of knowledge, culture, etc. that other people then continue to develop 先锋；先驱；带头人 a pioneer in the field of microsurgery 显微外科领域的创始人 a computer pioneer 计算机方面的先驱 a pioneer aviator 航空探索者 a pioneer design (= one that introduces new ideas, methods, etc.) 开创性设计
Extra Examplesone of the early pioneers in plastic surgery 整形外科早期的创始人之一 He is known as a pioneer in veterinary surgery. 他以兽医外科领域的创始人而闻名。 He was one of the pioneers in opening up archaeology to everyone. 他是向所有人开放考古学的先驱之一。 I was lucky to meet the heart transplant pioneer, Dr Christian Barnard. 我很幸运遇到了心脏移植的先驱克里斯蒂安·巴纳德博士。 Modern guitar design owes a lot to the pioneer designs of the forties and fifties. 现代吉他设计在很大程度上归功于四十年代和五十年代的先锋设计。 She later became a pioneer of education for women. 后来她成为女性教育的先驱。 The school was an early pioneer of the technique. 这所学校是这项技术的早期先驱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- true
- spirit
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one of the first people to go to a particular area in order to live and work there 开发者；拓荒者 Early pioneers settled on both sides of the Maple River. 早期拓荒者在梅普尔河的两岸安家。 the pioneer spirit 拓荒者的精神 In the 1880s, he spent several years as a pioneer missionary in north China. 19世纪80年代，他在中国北方做了几年的先锋传教士。
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a military term denoting a member of the infantry): from French pionnier ‘foot soldier, pioneer’, Old French paonier, from paon, from Latin pedo, pedon- ‘foot soldier’, from Latin pes, ped- ‘foot’.