資料來源 : pyDict
改革,創新
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Innovation \In`no*va"tion\, n. [L. innovatio; cf. F.
innovation.]
1. The act of innovating; introduction of something new, in
customs, rites, etc. --Dryden.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs;
something new, and contrary to established customs,
manners, or rites. --Bacon.
The love of things ancient doth argue stayedness,
but levity and want of experience maketh apt unto
innovations. --Hooker.
3. (Bot.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced
addition to the stems of many mosses.
資料來源 : WordNet®
innovation
n 1: a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study
and experimentation [syn: {invention}]
2: the creation of something in the mind [syn: {invention}, {excogitation},
{conception}, {design}]
3: the act of starting something for the first time;
introducing something new; "she looked forward to her
initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new
scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern
introduction" [syn: {initiation}, {founding}, {foundation},
{institution}, {origination}, {creation}, {introduction},
{instauration}]