milestone

• 名词，指道路旁的里程标或界石，也指项目或个人生活中具有重要意义的事件或阶段。

A noun referring to either a stone marker indicating distances along a road, or a significant event or stage in a project or personal life.

1. Roadside markerB1formal

   A stone or post placed at the side of a road to indicate the distance to a particular place.

   道路里程碑

   • The old milestone on the highway showed it was 50 miles to London.
   • We stopped to read the milestone that marked the border.
   • The milestone was weathered but still legible.

   同义词milepost

2. Significant eventB1formal

   An important event or stage in the development of something, such as a person's life or a project.

   重要里程碑

   • Graduating from university was a major milestone in her life.
   • The team celebrated reaching the project's first milestone.
   • Buying his first house was a significant milestone for him.

   同义词benchmarkbreakthroughclimaxlandmarkturning pointwatershed