1 N-COUNT (脚)步;步子 If you take a step, you lift your foot and put it down in a different place, for example when you are walking. (脚)步;步子
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I took a step towards him.
我朝他迈了一步。
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She walked on a few steps.
她继续走了几步。
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I followed her, five steps behind.
我跟着她，保持 5 步的距离。
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He heard steps in the corridor.
他听到走廊里有脚步声。
SYN footfall
2 VERB 踩;踏;跨步;迈步 If you step on something or step in a particular direction, you put your foot on the thing or move your foot in that direction. 踩;踏;跨步;迈步
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This was the moment when Neil Armstrong became the first man to step on the Moon. [VERB prep./adv.]
就在此刻，内尔·阿姆斯特朗成了首位登上月球的人。
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She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. [VERB prep./adv.]
她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
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I tried to step back, but he held my upper arms too tightly. [VERB prep./adv.]
我试图往后退，但他将我的上臂抓得太紧了。
SYN walk, pace, tread, move
3 N-COUNT 阶梯;台阶 Steps are a series of surfaces at increasing or decreasing heights, on which you put your feet in order to walk up or down to a different level. 阶梯;台阶
4 N-COUNT (门前的)平台 A step is a raised flat surface in front of a door. (门前的)平台
SYN doorstep, sill
6 N-COUNT 步骤;措施 A step is one of a series of actions that you take in order to achieve something. 步骤;措施
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He greeted the agreement as the first step towards peace.
他称该协定是通向和平的第一步。
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She is not content with her present lot and wishes to take steps to improve it.
她对自己目前的生活并不满意，希望能采取措施改善它。
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The elections were a step in the right direction, but there is a lot more to be done.
举行选举是迈出了正确的一步，但仍有很多事情要做。
SYN move, measure, action, means
7 N-COUNT 阶段;等级;进程 A step in a process is one of a series of stages. 阶段;等级;进程
SYN stage, point, phase
8 N-COUNT 舞步 The steps of a dance are the sequences of foot movements which make it up. 舞步
9 N-SING 步态;步姿;步伐 Someone's step is the way they walk. 步态;步姿;步伐
SYN gait, walk
10 N-PLURAL 同 stepladder Steps are the same as a stepladder . 同 stepladder [British]
11 PHRASE 比…领先一步;避开 If you stay one step ahead of someone or something, you manage to achieve more than they do or avoid competition or danger from them. 比…领先一步;避开
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Successful travel is partly a matter of keeping one step ahead of the crowd.
成功的旅行在某种程度上就是要比人群先走一步。
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Businessmen cluster together to get ideas, tips, personal contacts anything to get a step ahead of the computer.
商人们聚集在一起寻求创意、建议、人际关系等，以便能比计算机领先一步。
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...nations only a few steps ahead of famine.
即将面临饥荒的各国
12 PHRASE 步伐整齐/步伐不整齐;合拍/不合拍 If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times. 步伐整齐/步伐不整齐;合拍/不合拍
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They were almost the same height and they moved perfectly in step.
他们几乎一样高，而且走路时步调完全一致。
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They jogged in silence a while, faces lowered, out of step.
他们低着头，一言不发地慢跑了一会儿，步伐也不一致。
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She slipped her hand into his and fell into step beside him.
她轻轻地把手放进他的手心，和他并排而行。
13 PHRASE (想法、意见等)与…一致/与…不一致 If people are in step with each other, their ideas or opinions are the same. If they are out of step with each other, their ideas or opinions are different. (想法、意见等)与…一致/与…不一致
14 PHRASE 快点;赶快 If you tell someone to step on it, you are telling them to go faster or hurry up. 快点;赶快 [informal]
SYN go faster, speed up, hurry up [informal] , get moving
15 PHRASE 一步一步地;逐步地 If you do something step by step, you do it by progressing gradually from one stage to the next. 一步一步地;逐步地
SYN gradually, bit by bit, one step at a time, slowly but surely
16 PHRASE 谨慎地行事(或说话) If someone tells you to watch your step, they are warning you to be careful about how you behave or what you say so that you do not get into trouble. 谨慎地行事(或说话)
Phrasal verbs: - step asidestep backstep downstep instep outstep up
| Word Partnership | Use step with: |
| ADV. | step outside 2 step ahead, step backward, step closer, step forward 2 6 7 |
| ADJ. | big step, bold step, giant step, the right step 6 critical step, important step, positive step 6 7 |
| N. | step in a process 7 |
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