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单词 inroad
释义
inroad
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪn.rəʊdz/us
/ˈɪn.roʊdz/
make inroads/an inroad
tostartto have adirectandnoticeableeffect(on something):
取得进展；产生效果
Thegovernmentisdefinitelymakinginroadsintotheproblemofunemployment.政府在处理失业问题上毫无疑问取得了进展。
We have not beenableto make much of an inroadintothebacklogofwork.我们在处理积压事务方面没有太多进展。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affecting and influencing
  • across-the-board
  • affect
  • applicability
  • be/fall undersomeone'sinfluence/spellidiom
  • bear
  • bear onsomething
  • carry
  • colour
  • instrumental
  • interinfluence
  • involve
  • jerk
  • keepsomeoneon the railsidiom
  • pen
  • shape
  • spill over
  • start(something)off
  • tastemaker
  • tell againstsomeone/something
  • thought leadership
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(Definition ofinroadfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

inroad| Business English

inroad
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪnrəʊd/us
something that has anoticeableandpositiveeffecton something you aretryingtoachieve:
Thedealmarksthe firstmajorinroad into the country'sdomesticmarket.
make inroads in/into sth
tostartto have anoticeableandpositiveeffecton something:
Thegrantfor a new job-creationschemeshould make inroads into the community'sunemploymentproblem.
U.S. consumer-goodscompaniesarefinallymaking inroads in this fast-growingmarketof 45 millionpeople.
(Definition ofinroadfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofinroad

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They made inroads on their own traditional attachment to ' capital ' and implemented a tax on short-term capital gains in 1962.
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In telecommunications, actors with strong preferences in favour of liberalisation were beginning to make substantial inroads into the policy process.
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This cost will become the focus of attention if eco-forestry and directly subsidized forestry projects make significant inroads into areas earmarked for industrial logging concessions.
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Although the program made some significant inroads into racial inequalities, it also was greatly limited in that respect.
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There is no doubt that further researches will reveal more medical applications and make further inroads into our understanding of the complexity of the brain.
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In addition to these coproductions, women, through their own writing, make inroads in literacy that match their assumption of heretofore male occupations.
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This latency period is now over and at present molecular biology techniques are making inroads in all fields of clinical medicine.
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By then the battle against competitions, and by extension, against corporate inroads into the profession, had been lost.
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One linguistic area where computers have made important inroads is the compiling of dictionaries.
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Ties of affection and a caring debt make no inroads into inheritance practices.
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Hybrid cultures and transnational media organizations have made significant inroads into national cultures and national identities.
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I understand pedagogy as a wide, sometimes rather fuzzy field, with many possible inroads to atomising children, services for children and the workforce.
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Both these works make invaluable inroads into this highly rich and difficult terrain.
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However, where inroads have been made, associational autonomy from the state and dominant party has proved critical.
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The article concludes that while the opposition improved on its 1992 performance, its inroads were actually fairly limited.
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