breakthrough

percée, avancée

Découverte ou réussite importante qui permet de faire quelque chose auparavant impossible.

En anglais simple : An important discovery or success that lets you do something you could not do before.

• The team made a breakthrough.
• A medical breakthrough gave patients new hope.
• Have the talks led to any breakthroughs?

Comment l'utiliser : a breakthrough in something (Researchers announced a breakthrough in battery technology.)

Synonymes : advance, discovery

Contraires : setback

Expressions courantes : major breakthrough, medical breakthrough, breakthrough in something, scientific breakthrough

réapparition des symptômes

Apparition ou retour de symptômes malgré un traitement destiné à les empêcher.

En anglais simple : The return or appearance of symptoms even while treatment is being used to prevent them.

• The doctor recorded a breakthrough of symptoms.
• Medication reduced the risk of symptom breakthrough.
• She reported a breakthrough despite taking her medicine regularly.

Expressions courantes : symptom breakthrough, breakthrough of symptoms

révolutionnaire, novateur

Qui permet un progrès important en résolvant un problème difficile ou en surmontant un obstacle majeur.

En anglais simple : Producing important progress by solving a difficult problem or removing a major obstacle.

• They developed a breakthrough treatment.
• The company announced a breakthrough battery design.
• This breakthrough discovery could improve cancer care.

Synonymes : groundbreaking, revolutionary

Expressions courantes : breakthrough technology, breakthrough treatment, breakthrough discovery