Firstly, the export buyer's credit business made hefty growth in the total value of signed contracts for three consecutive years, achieving a breakthrough progress;

一是出口买方信贷业务实现突破性进展，签约总额连续三年实现大幅增长；

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Technological progress will be essential but, barring a breakthrough in nuclear fusion, it will not set us on a path to an energy system purged of fossil fuels.

技术进步将必不可少，但除非在核聚变技术上获得突破，否则我们无法借此建立一个没有化石燃料的能源体系。

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If he doesn't persist in trying again and again and make a breakthrough, thus he will stay still, no progress.

如果他没有坚持不断地努力和突破，他将会保持静止状态，没有进步。

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After a slower start, Urszula -- currently ranked 37th -- may feel as though she is beginning to make her mark, with 2012 having proved a breakthrough year following a back problem that hindered her early progress as a professional.

CNN: Net gain

Interestingly, the progress does not need to be a major breakthrough or accomplishment.

FORBES: The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins as Big Gains

After five days with little sign of progress in the investigation into the bombings, police in Britain yesterday announced a major breakthrough, and events seemed to happen with dizzying speed.

NPR: Police: Bombing Suspects Are British Natives