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milestone

/mahyl-stohn/US // ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈmaɪlˌstəʊn) //

里程碑,里程碑式,里程碑式的,里程碑式样

Related Words

turning point转折点,转捩点,拐点,转点anniversary周年纪念,周年纪念日,周年庆,纪念日breakthrough突破性,突破,突破口,突破点landmark地标,地界线,地界标,地标性建筑occasion机会,场合,时机,偶尔event事件,活动discovery发现,探索,发现问题,发觉milepost里程碑,哩柱,哩程碑,溆浦县

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a stone functioning as a milepost.
    • : a significant event or stage in the life, progress, development, or the like of a person, nation, etc.: Her getting the job of supervisor was a milestone in her career.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounachievement
Forms: milestones
Synonyms
anniversary周年纪念,周年纪念日,周年庆,纪念日breakthrough突破性,突破,突破口,突破点discovery发现,探索,发现问题,发觉event事件,活动landmark地标,地界线,地界标,地标性建筑occasion机会,场合,时机,偶尔turning point转折点,转捩点,拐点,转点milepost里程碑,哩柱,哩程碑,溆浦县waypost路标,路轨,途径帖,途经路线

Examples

  • The oil and gas industry just passed another milestone in the global energy transition.

  • While barocaloric materials are less susceptible to fatigue than elastocaloric materials, the new milestones required colossal pressures of thousands of atmospheres.

  • During the last quarter, The New York Times reported the same milestone.

  • More than 4,800 alumni and friends gathered online May 29–31 to celebrate class milestones, explore alumni achievements and faculty research, compete in a trivia face-off, and more.

  • The market spent the past few days within striking distance of a new high, but falling short of the milestone, until the last minutes of trading Tuesday.

  • That would truly be a milestone to celebrate—until you see what that record “diversity” actually means.

  • A multi-faceted approach to ensuring students reach the critical milestone of grade level reading by fourth grade.

  • The regal technological milestone was passed as the Queen attended the opening of  a new gallery at the Science Museum in London.

  • In fact, with my most recent birthday, I passed the milestone of having come out of the closet over half my lifetime ago.

  • The moment he was finally able to loop a knot by himself was a milestone, his first step to becoming a man.

  • The force of such idealization helped to carry forward the human race to a new milestone on the path of progress.

  • In 1771 a Roman milestone of the time of Hadrian (76-138) was discovered at a spot two miles from Leicester.

  • He saw my look and said, "Oops, I mean this milestone in paper technology once it is announced to the world."

  • And I ask myself again, Is75 this a new phase of life into which I have entered,—a new milestone left behind?

  • This has been interpreted as the inscription of a certain Notus; but others have regarded it as simply a Roman milestone.

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