trailblazing
/ˈtreɪlbleɪzɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtreɪlbleɪzɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtrāl-ˌblā-ziŋ/ (ame, mw) · /ˈtreɪlˌbleɪ.zɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtreɪlˌbleɪ.zɪŋ/ (ame, ipa)
trailblazing — adjective
- trailblazingpositive
- more trailblazingcomparative
- most trailblazingsuperlative
1. introducing a new method, style, or idea that others later copy or develop
introducing a new method, style, or idea that others later copy or develop
Padma launched a trailblazing mobile clinic for villages without doctors.
trailblazing + project that changes access
The museum praised Kenji's trailblazing sign-language tours for Deaf visitors.
trailblazing + service design
Christopher wrote a trailblazing report on safer night buses for women.
Local papers called Eli's bus map a trailblazing tool for blind riders.
Darius built a trailblazing app that helps farmers track rainfall.
- pioneering
the closest everyday match, especially for early important work
- innovative
focuses more on new ideas or design than on leadership
- groundbreaking
usually suggests a larger and more widely noticed change
- visionary
stresses far-reaching imagination more than practical example-setting
- conventional
describes work that follows familiar methods
- derivative
suggests something copied from earlier models
文法句型
trailblazing + noun
be trailblazing in + field
用法筆記
Common before nouns such as research, artist, policy, or company. After be, it often appears with in + field to name the area where someone leads change.
常見錯誤
trailblazing — noun
1. the work of opening a new path in ideas or methods so later people can build on
the work of opening a new path in ideas or methods so later people can build on it
Historians still mention Arjun's trailblazing in community radio after the flood.
trailblazing in + field
The award honors trailblazing that brought clean water to mountain towns.
honor trailblazing in public work
Chidi's trailblazing gave younger lawyers a model to follow.
Without that trailblazing, families in Leeds got home computers years later.
Evelyn's trailblazing in wheelchair sports changed local school funding.
- innovation
can mean a new idea itself, not always the leadership behind it
- pioneering work
a close phrase for early influential work in a field
- leadership
broader and does not always imply doing something first
- conformity
stresses following established ways instead of opening new ones
- imitation
focuses on copying earlier models rather than leading change
文法句型
trailblazing in + field
praise someone's trailblazing
用法筆記
Usually uncountable. It often follows a person's name or appears with in + field, and it refers to path-opening work rather than to one single result.