make headway|取得进展 #每日一词#

• And gene therapy, using modified bits of DNA, has made headway against hemophilia, hereditary blindness and other previously intractable diseases. (Scientific American)
• Pharmaceutical companies are finding it increasingly difficult to make headway in their search for novel products. (Economist)
• Mr Gardell is sceptical that boisterous American funds will be able to make much headway into Europe, but he welcomes more competition. (Economist)
• Turkey cannot make much more headway without additional troops, says Can Acun, a researcher at SETA, a pro-government think-tank. (Economist)
• Currently, headways have been made in reducing the breeding cycles of Pinus.