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单词 blue-sky
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Definition of blue-sky in English:

blue-sky

(also blue-skies)
adjective
informal
  • attributive Creative or visionary and unconstrained by practicalities.

    blue-sky thinking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's no coincidence that all the companies in this story hone their innovation skills by making time for blue-sky inventing.
    • You know, the ones where a bunch of people are told to sit down and talk about things on a blue-sky basis brainstorm (yes, people still use the word ‘brainstorm’ seriously).
    • Once demand-management principles have been accepted, blue-sky thinking simply turns into a brainstorming exercise to fine-tune the practical implementation of restraint.
    • He is also trying to change the perception of spin-outs, which are more commonly associated with university boffins trying to commercialise blue-sky research.
    • Are we living in a blue-sky dream, where the terrifying reality - the horror of the choice before us, and the responsibility either way - is pushed out of our consciousness?
    • There is a lack of funding for blue-sky research.
    • Once considered blue-sky research, the field has produced such milestones as carbon nanotubes a few hundred millionths of an inch thick that function as the world's tiniest transistors.
    • At this particular time, companies are showing only a slow return to any enthusiasm for investment of any kind, let alone blue-sky developments.
    • Equally, the market doesn't always know what it needs and blue-sky research will continue to produce many of the most successful technologies from a commercial viewpoint.
    • This could be because these latter companies concentrate more on traditional product and process innovation rather than blue-sky innovation.
    • Action against public disorder should be among the basic policies of any government, taken as a matter of course rather than celebrated as the result of blue-sky thinking.
    • The cause and symptom of this is failure to tell - and face - the dreadful truth: this failure pervades many of the news reports and much of the commentary we read, and reinforces the blue-sky world that many want to exist.
    • We've seen through their blue-sky jargon, bullet-point presentations and efforts to squander public money on flights of fancy.
    • Moving toward network-centric warfare and leveraging technologies to this end requires investment in blue-sky research and cutting-edge innovation, much of which does not yield the military results expected.
    • The startups being acquired now have real technology to offer - and buyers have real needs, not just blue-sky visions.
    • The company spent millions on blue-sky projects which had very little chance of being commercialised, leaving it with a shortage of cash when its lead product was hit by a two-year delay.
    • Which might well serve as a warning to those who frequently indulge in aeronautical blue-sky thinking without regard for the practicality, or indeed the desirability, of their vision.
    • After more than a decade of generally dull design, when it was a common complaint that the majority of cars looked drearily alike, a welcome touch of blue-sky anarchy is breaking out.
    • But most party platforms are collections of blue-sky promises with few details and little indication of how they will be paid for.
    • Unfortunately, however, the problem all along has been the focus on blue-sky programmes instead of ones that could actually deliver some discernible medical benefit.
    Synonyms
    inventive, imaginative, innovative, innovatory, innovational, experimental, original
 
 

Definition of blue-sky in US English:

blue-sky

(also blue-skies)
adjectiveˌblo͞oˈskīˌbluˈskaɪ
informal
  • attributive Not yet practical or profitable.

    blue-sky research
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This could be because these latter companies concentrate more on traditional product and process innovation rather than blue-sky innovation.
    • Once demand-management principles have been accepted, blue-sky thinking simply turns into a brainstorming exercise to fine-tune the practical implementation of restraint.
    • Are we living in a blue-sky dream, where the terrifying reality - the horror of the choice before us, and the responsibility either way - is pushed out of our consciousness?
    • The company spent millions on blue-sky projects which had very little chance of being commercialised, leaving it with a shortage of cash when its lead product was hit by a two-year delay.
    • Unfortunately, however, the problem all along has been the focus on blue-sky programmes instead of ones that could actually deliver some discernible medical benefit.
    • Moving toward network-centric warfare and leveraging technologies to this end requires investment in blue-sky research and cutting-edge innovation, much of which does not yield the military results expected.
    • It's no coincidence that all the companies in this story hone their innovation skills by making time for blue-sky inventing.
    • Action against public disorder should be among the basic policies of any government, taken as a matter of course rather than celebrated as the result of blue-sky thinking.
    • Equally, the market doesn't always know what it needs and blue-sky research will continue to produce many of the most successful technologies from a commercial viewpoint.
    • Once considered blue-sky research, the field has produced such milestones as carbon nanotubes a few hundred millionths of an inch thick that function as the world's tiniest transistors.
    • There is a lack of funding for blue-sky research.
    • He is also trying to change the perception of spin-outs, which are more commonly associated with university boffins trying to commercialise blue-sky research.
    • The startups being acquired now have real technology to offer - and buyers have real needs, not just blue-sky visions.
    • You know, the ones where a bunch of people are told to sit down and talk about things on a blue-sky basis brainstorm (yes, people still use the word ‘brainstorm’ seriously).
    • At this particular time, companies are showing only a slow return to any enthusiasm for investment of any kind, let alone blue-sky developments.
    • But most party platforms are collections of blue-sky promises with few details and little indication of how they will be paid for.
    • After more than a decade of generally dull design, when it was a common complaint that the majority of cars looked drearily alike, a welcome touch of blue-sky anarchy is breaking out.
    • The cause and symptom of this is failure to tell - and face - the dreadful truth: this failure pervades many of the news reports and much of the commentary we read, and reinforces the blue-sky world that many want to exist.
    • We've seen through their blue-sky jargon, bullet-point presentations and efforts to squander public money on flights of fancy.
    • Which might well serve as a warning to those who frequently indulge in aeronautical blue-sky thinking without regard for the practicality, or indeed the desirability, of their vision.
    Synonyms
    inventive, imaginative, innovative, innovatory, innovational, experimental, original
verbˌblo͞oˈskīˌbluˈskaɪ
[no object]informal
  • Make impractical or as yet unachievable plans.

 
 
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