- (formal)
very important and having a strong influence on later developments （对以后的发展）影响深远的，有重大意义的 a seminal work/article/study 有巨大影响的著作／文章／研究 His book on social policy proved to be seminal. 他关于社会政策的书证明是开创性的。
- [usually before noun] (specialist)
of or containing semen 精液的；含精液的 seminal fluid 精液
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from Old French seminal or Latin seminalis, from semen ‘seed’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 17th cent.