pioneering

a. 先驱的

German engineer and pioneer automobile manufacturer who produced the first high-speed internal-combustion engine(1885).

戴姆勒，戈特利布1834－1900德国工程师和汽车制造业先驱，他研制出第一台高速内燃机（1885年）

Anybody who did anything in America up to1900 was liable to be made into a film... on the grounds of being a pioneer.

举凡在1900年以前在美国做过某些事的人，都很容易被拍成电影……以他是先驱人士为其理由。