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innovation n.改革,创新 Innovation comes from Latin innovare for renew, whose root is novus or new. It can be used for either the act of introducing something new, as in a company that rewards creativity and innovation, or something that is newly introduced, like an innovation in microchip design. It was once used politically in the sense of revolution, but now you're most likely to hear it in relation to technology, or new ways of doing something. ★★☆☆☆ 2009.1

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[inə'veiʃ(ə)n] An innovation is the introduction of something new. If you run a magazine about new technology, then you're constantly looking out for the next innovation. So it seems antithetical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]新事物；新方法 An innovation is a new thing or a new method of doing something. The vegetarian burger was an innovation which was rapidly exported to Britain.素食汉堡是一种迅速传到了英国的新开发食品。...the transformation wrought by the technological innovations of the industrial age.由工业时代的新技术方法促成的变化2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]革新；创新；改革 Innovation is the introduction of new ideas, methods, or things. We must promote originality and encourage innovation.我们必须提倡创意，鼓励革新。

英语单词	innovation
英美音标	[inə'veiʃ(ə)n]
中文释义	n.改革,创新
vocab简明	An innovation is the introduction of something new. If you run a magazine about new technology, then you're constantly looking out for the next innovation.
vocab扩展	Innovation comes from Latin innovare for renew, whose root is novus or new. It can be used for either the act of introducing something new, as in a company that rewards creativity and innovation, or something that is newly introduced, like an innovation in microchip design. It was once used politically in the sense of revolution, but now you're most likely to hear it in relation to technology, or new ways of doing something.
真题原句	So it seems antithetical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and *innovation*.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]新事物；新方法 An innovation is a new thing or a new method of doing something. The vegetarian burger was an innovation which was rapidly exported to Britain. 素食汉堡是一种迅速传到了英国的新开发食品。 ...the transformation wrought by the technological innovations of the industrial age. 由工业时代的新技术方法促成的变化 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]革新；创新；改革 Innovation is the introduction of new ideas, methods, or things. We must promote originality and encourage innovation. 我们必须提倡创意，鼓励革新。
来源	2009.1

Innovation Introduction Technology Creativity Inə'Veiʃ(ə)N N.改革,创新 Run Magazine