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

• Failure is a stepping stone to success.
  失败就是成功路上的垫脚石。
• 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。
• 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。
• Clearly a stepping stone for a better life.
  明显是迈向更美好生活的踏脚石。
• 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。
• Every challenge is a stepping stone to a happier place than you even knew existed.
  每一个挑战都是我们到达未知的更加幸福彼岸的铺路石。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。