break through
英 [breik θru:] 美 [brek θru]
v.突围，突破； 猛涨； 攻破；
（1）、 冲破；突破
If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.Protesters tried to break through a police cordon...
抗议者们试图冲破警察的封锁线。
About fifteen inmates broke through onto the roof.
大约15名犯人闯到了屋顶上。
（2）、（克服困难或障碍）取得突破
If you break through, you achieve success even though there are difficulties and obstacles.There is still scope for new writers to break through...
仍有一些领域需要新作家们去开拓。
I broke through the poverty barrier and it was education that did it.
我摆脱了贫困，这要归功于教育。
（3）、显现；显露
When something that was previously hidden or could not be seen breaks through, it appears.Despite everything, Elizabeth's human side keeps breaking through...
不管怎样，伊丽莎白还是不断显露出其作为普通人的一面。
Sunlight had broken through the clouds.
阳光冲破了云层。
1、突破，突围(的行动、结果或地点)；突破口，突破点。
2、重大发现，惊人进展。
[英][breɪkθru:]；[美][brekˌθru]
n.突破; 穿透; 重要技术成就; 炉衬烧穿;
复数：breakthroughs
短语：
医学上的突破a medical breakthrough
突破一点make a breakthrough at one point
打开局面open up a new prospect; make a breakthrough
例句：
1、The second major breakthrough reached at the conference centered solely on spain.
此次峰会达成的第二项重大突破完全就是围绕西班牙。
2、What's been your biggest breakthrough?
您最大的突破是什么？
3、So why expect a breakthrough now?
为什么是现在需要一个突破？
4、Clearly the kremlin would like to be the one to broker abreakthrough in the arab-israeli peace negotiations.
显而易见，克里姆林宫希望在这次阿以和谈中发挥作用，促成突破性进展。