pioneer a new method 开创新方法
pioneer a field 开辟领域
pioneer technology 领先技术
A: How did this technology become so popular?
A：这项技术是怎么变得这么流行的？
B: It was pioneered by a small startup ten years ago.
B：它是十年前由一家小型初创公司开创的。
1) 指在某领域中作为先行者进行探索
2) 指率先采用或发明某种新方法
3) 强调在发展进程中的开创性作用
1. 开创；倡导；率先从事
verb
1. To be among the first to use or apply a new method, area of knowledge, or activity.
Synonym: initiate, establish, found