stepping stone
英 [ˈstepɪŋ stəʊn]
美 [ˈstepɪŋ stoʊn]
n. (小溪、小河中的)踏脚石; 进身之阶; 垫脚石; 敲门砖
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牛津词典
noun
- (小溪、小河中的)踏脚石
one of a line of flat stones that you step on in order to cross a stream or river - 进身之阶;垫脚石;敲门砖
something that allows you to make progress or begin to achieve sth- a stepping stone to a more lucrative career
涉足更赚钱的行业的敲门砖
- a stepping stone to a more lucrative career
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (尤指事业的)垫脚石,进身之阶
You can describe a job or event as astepping stonewhen it helps you to make progress, especially in your career.- Many students now see university as a stepping stone to a good job.
很多学生现在将上大学看成是找一份好工作的敲门砖。
- Many students now see university as a stepping stone to a good job.
- (小溪或小河中的)垫脚石,踏脚石
Stepping stonesare a line of large stones which you can walk on in order to cross a shallow stream or river.
英英释义
noun
- any means of advancement
- the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches
- a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing
双语例句
- This job is just a stepping stone for me.
这份工作对我来说只是一个跳板。 - Many students now see university as a stepping stone to a good job.
很多学生现在将上大学看成是找一份好工作的敲门砖。 - Round stepping stone. Use for concrete, exposed aggregate, or wood.
圆形踏脚石。使用混凝土、混凝土石块或木材。 - Achieving a Toastmasters educational goal is a stepping stone along the way to achieving a larger personal goal.
获得演讲会教育的目标,是一个你将会更靠近你期待的新世界,达成你更大的个人目标的踏脚石。 - She had to show that she was not just using New York as a stepping stone to the White House.
因此她必须让大家看到,她并非仅仅是在利用纽约,将其作为进军白宫的跳板。 - Failure is a stepping stone to success.
失败就是成功路上的垫脚石。 - Most addicts do relapse, but we view that as a stepping stone to success, she said.
大多数成瘾患者都会故态复萌,但我们认为这是通向成功的踏脚石。 - While every job will impact their career, they have to remember that a first job is a stepping stone.
虽然每一份工作都会对他们的事业产生影响,但是他们要记住第一份工作只是一块跳板。 - Representing and specifying those universally applicable entities is only a stepping stone in applying archetypes.
表示和指定这些统一应用实体仅是在应用原型中的一个中间步骤。 - For CapitaLand, Shanghai was their first stepping stone into China.
对凯德置地来说,上海是他们进入中国的跳板。