seminal

1. ADJ Seminal is used to describe things such as books, works, events, and experiences that have a great influence in a particular field. (在某一領(lǐng)域內(nèi)) 有重大影響的[正式]

...author of the seminal book "Animal Liberation."

…有著巨大影響的《動(dòng)物解放》一書的作者。