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step STAGEstepn [C]a stage in a process步骤What is the next step in the programme?这计划的下一步是什么?Evans has moved a step nearer victory in the world champ ionship.伊文思在世界冠军赛中向胜利迈进了一步。We must try and stay one step ahead of our competitors.我们必须努力领先我们的竞争者一步。I think we need to go a step further (= to a more advanced position or stage in a process) and make a formal complaint.我认为我们要再进一步，要提出正式申诉。Most people believe that the decision to cut interest rates was a step in the right direction.大多数人相信降低利率的决定是在正确方向上迈出的一步。Following the success of our products in Europe, our logical next step is to move into the American market.随着我们产品在欧洲的成功，进入美国市场便是我们理所当然的下一步。This job is a real step up (= is an advance) for me.这工作对我来说真的是个进步。A step is also an action in a series of actions taken for a particular purpose.措施We need to take urgent/drastic steps to reduce pollution.我们需要采取紧急/彻底的措施来减少污染。The government has been urged to take decisive/concrete steps to end terrorism.政府被要求采取果断的/具体的措施来终止恐怖主义活动。The President took the unusual/unprecedented/rare step of altering his prepared speech in order to condemn the terrorist attack.总统为了谴责恐怖主义的攻击行为更改了事先准备好的演说，这是不寻常的/没有先例的做法。No one is sure whether this plan will work, but it's a step forward (= an improvement or development).没人能肯定这计划是否会起作用，但它确实是个进步。This discovery is a great/major/important/significant step forward in our understanding of the disease.这一发现在我们对这疾病的了解上是个巨大的/重大的/重要的/有重要意义的进步。The changes that have been introduced are being seen as a step backwards/a backward step (= going back to a worse or less advanced stage).这项刚实施的变革被视为一个退步。If you take one step forward, two steps back, you advance but then experience events which cause you to be further behind than you were when you made the advance.进一步，退两步Let's take things a step/one step at a time (= slowly).让我们一步一个脚印地做事。The model car came with step by step instructions (= instructions about what to do at each stage of the process) about how to put it together.这模型车附有教你如何一步一步拼装的说明书。Step by step also means gradually.逐步地，逐渐地These changes need to be made step by step.这些变革需逐步实施。
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