Many countries in history have pursued technological progress by first trying to piggyback on foreign inventions — tweaking and improving — before blazing their own trails.

历史上也有很多国家通过借用外国发明来提升自己的技术，抓点、搂点从而制造自己的铁路。

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We persistently take as as our enterprise spirit "united for hardworking, blazing new trails in pioneering way", and as our foundation "Credit First", dedicating to enriching the toys field.

我厂始终以“团结拼搏、开拓进取”为企业精神，以“信誉至上”为立足之本，为丰富玩具事业作出贡献。

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The spiritual motive force of social reform is the blazing new trails in cultural views.

文化观念更新是社会变革的先导和精神推动力。

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Or are they blazing new trails, following their own inner vision?

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But when it comes to real innovation for consumers, to blazing whole new trails in digital technology for average people, the real stars of the decade are America Online and Palm.

WSJ: Technology Makes Advances in Decade