I only took that job as a steppingstone to the next one, but it turned out to be a stumbling block instead.

Kurt：我只是把那份工作当作下一份工作的垫脚石，但结果却成了绊脚石。

In a world marked by continued racial disparities in employment and economic well-being, there is a growing outcry that expensive college degrees represent a barrier rather than a steppingstone.

在就业和经济福祉方面持续存在种族差异的世界里，人们越来越强烈地抗议昂贵的大学学位是一种障碍， 而不是垫脚石。