미국의 University of Delaware의연구원들이플라스틱폐기물을더효율적이고안전하게다른용도에맞게만들수있는혁신적인시스템을만들었다고합니다. 연구원들은일반적인플라스틱유형중하나인‘폴리올레핀’의코드를해독해플라스틱폐기물을연료및윤할유로전환할수있는기술을갖추었다고외신은전하고있습니다.
Q. Which of the following would most likely be considered a breakthrough?
a.book report about a popular novel
b.the sound of birds singing on a spring day
c.the development of the first polio vaccine
d.weekly vocabulary quiz in an English class
자료출처: Vocabulary.com
origin of breakthrough
1918년“breaking through a barrier” 말그대로(장벽을돌파한다)는군사적의미로사용된breakthrough는 1930년대에이르러“abrupt solution”(갑작스러운해결책)이라는두번째의미를갖게되었고오늘날 (문제등의) 돌파(구) 혹은 (과학·기술따위의) 비약적[획기적] 발전의뜻으로사용되고있다.
Q. 획기적인발전으로간주될가능성이가장높은것은? c. 최초의소아마비백신개발
다음을해석하시오. A major breakthrough has been made as scientists turn plastic into fuel using 50% less energy & without adding CO2 to atmosphere.
[해석]과학자들이대기에 CO2를추가하지않고 50% 더적은에너지를사용하여플라스틱을연료로전환함에따라중대한발전이이루어졌다. [어휘] major breakthrough 중대한발전 turn A into B ~을 ~이되게하다[~으로바꿔놓다] atmosphere (지구의) 대기