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
Collins.1
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
- 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。 - 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。 - It proved to be a nice stepping stone for developing a more complex application.
它是开发更复杂的应用程序的基础。 - Tuymans says the first show was a stepping stone to this new one about contemporary artists from China and Belgium.
图伊曼斯说，第一次展览是此次关于中国和比利时当代艺术家新展览的垫脚石。 - 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。 - 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。 - Still, this technology could prove a useful stepping stone towards further efficiency reductions in the future.
不过，这已是向未来节能方向发展的一块有用的踏脚石。 - Failure is a stepping stone to success.
失败就是成功路上的垫脚石。 - The planned goal may become a stepping stone for future plans, so therefore may require great solidity and strength to allow future goals to be built on top of this current goal.
被激化好了的目标会成为未来计划的一个奠基石，因此要要求坚固和强壮的允许未来的目标被建立在当下这一目标的顶峰。 - Is the Script and Language of the Bimo Safe for ever or Only a Stepping Stone to Learning Han?
毕摩经书与语言是安全永续的，抑或仅是学习汉语的一个台阶？