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

• 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。
• 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。
• Failure is a stepping stone to success.
  失败就是成功路上的垫脚石。
• The job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches.
  工作只是他成名的进身之阶。
• 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。
• I see this job just as a stepping stone to better things.
  我把这工作视为通往更好工作的踏脚石。
• Will the Private Cloud be a stepping stone towards the vision of Enterprise Cloud Computing?
  私有云是否会成为通往企业云计算的铺路石呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。