innovative
innovative — 形容詞
1. describing something that makes use of fresh thinking or new techniques to produ
創新的
運用新觀念或新方法的
describing something that makes use of fresh thinking or new techniques to produce results that are noticeably different from what existed before — for example, a phone with a camera design that changes how people take pictures, or a class activity that teaches grammar through a board game.
Jin's company received an award for its innovative water-purification device.
Jin 的公司因其創新的淨水裝置而獲獎。
attributive: innovative + noun (water-purification device)
The chef Eleni created an innovative dessert using ingredients from local farms.
主廚 Eleni 用本地農場的食材創作了一道創新的甜點。
Arjun found an innovative way to recycle old tires into playground surfaces.
Arjun 找到了一種將舊輪胎回收製成遊樂場地面的創新方法。
When the hospital redesigned its emergency room, the new layout was considered highly innovative.
當醫院重新設計急診室時，新的動線配置被認為極具創新性。
Lakan's innovative teaching method helps students remember vocabulary through storytelling.
Lakan 的創新教學法幫助學生透過說故事來記住單字。
- groundbreaking
stronger and more dramatic than 'innovative'; implies a major advance that changes an entire field
- creative
focuses on imagination and artistic originality rather than practical improvement
- original
stresses being the very first of its kind, but does not guarantee usefulness or improvement
- progressive
emphasizes forward-thinking social or political change rather than technical or design novelty
- traditional
follows long-established methods instead of trying new ones
- conventional
sticks to what is ordinary or expected
文法句型
innovative + noun
be + innovative
find/consider + something + innovative
用法筆記
Used both before a noun (attributive) and after linking verbs like 'be', 'seem', or 'consider' (predicative). Intensifying adverbs such as 'highly', 'truly', and 'genuinely' commonly appear before this word — 'highly innovative' is far more frequent than 'very innovative' in formal writing.