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milestone

noun
🔊/ˈmaɪlstəʊn/
🔊/ˈmaɪlstəʊn/
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  1. (also milepost especially in North American English)
     a very important stage or event in the development of something重要事件；重要阶段；转折点；里程碑 synonym landmark
    • This voyage marked an important milestone in the history of exploration.这次航行标志着勘探历史上的重要里程碑。
    • Today we have passed another milestone on the road towards peace.今天，我们在通往和平的道路上迈出了又一个里程碑。
    Extra Examples
    • The company passed the £6 million milestone this year.今年公司跨过了 600 万英镑的大关。
    • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
    • a milestone for Chinese technology中国科技发展的一个里程碑
    • another grim milestone in the war战争中的另一严峻转折点
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • critical
    • historic
    • important
    • …
    verb + milestone
    • achieve
    • hit
    • meet
    • …
    preposition
    • milestone in
    • milestone for
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  2. a stone by the side of a road that shows how far it is to the next town and to other places里程碑