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
  1. a stepping stone to a more lucrative career
     涉足更赚钱的行业的敲门砖

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.
  1. 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。
• (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
  1. 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

• Read more and imitate, you are on the stepping stone to the real English world.
  多看多模仿，就是登陆真正英语世界的踏脚石。
• 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。
• For others, meanwhile, blogging has been a stepping stone to new employment, part of a career progression that may or may not have been consciously planned.
  同时，对其它人而言，写博客已是寻找新就业机会的跳板，属于职业发展的一部分，这可能是有意规划的，也可能是无意之举。
• If I was a stepping stone in the middle of the bridge, he would bump into me and I can touch him!
  如果我被铺在桥的正中，就能碰到他、摸他一下了！
• 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。
• 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。
• Like nothing else, literacy is a stepping stone away from poverty.
  识字是脱离贫穷的踏脚石，这是其他技能无法比拟的。
• 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。
• Each experience can be a stepping stone for us to be better people.
  每次经历都可以成为我们的一块垫脚石而成为更好的人。
• For him SpaceX is merely a stepping stone for his Martian retirement.
  对他而言，太空探索技术公司只是块为实现他的火星退休梦铺路的垫脚石。