今天我們要學(xué)的詞是 inroad.
inroad 的意思是進(jìn)軍、進(jìn)展,成功進(jìn)入。
Researchers are beginning to make inroads in diagnosing pancreatic cancer - one of the deadliest kinds of cancer as its symptoms only show up when the cancer is advanced. 研究人員開(kāi)始在胰腺癌診斷上取得進(jìn)展,由于胰腺癌的癥狀只有在病患晚期才會(huì)出現(xiàn),因此是最致命的一種癌癥。
Target's store in Times Square has created an inroad for the department store chain in dense, urban markets, which largely remain a frontier for fellow mass merchant Walmart. 塔吉特的紐約時(shí)代廣場(chǎng)分店為這一百貨連鎖店打入人口稠密的都市開(kāi)辟了道路,同是大規(guī)模零售商的沃爾瑪在很大程度上還沒(méi)有開(kāi)發(fā)這一市場(chǎng)。