step in

1. PHRASAL VERB 介入，干预，插手(棘手问题)
   If you step in, you get involved in a difficult situation because you think you can or should help with it.
   1. If no agreement was reached, the army would step in...
      如果无法达成协议，军队将会介入。
   2. There are circumstances in which the State must step in to protect children.
      有些情况下，国家必须出面保护儿童。

1. Many dentists will no longer treat National Health Service patients, which is a big backward step in this country.
   许多牙医不再为依靠国民保健制度的病人看病，这是该国的一大倒退。
2. The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising.
   军事行动是镇压暴动计划的第一步。
3. Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.
   今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
4. 'Do you think that another country will step in to become the dominant military power in the region?' — 'Maybe.'
   “您认为另一个国家会介入在该地区建立军事霸权吗？”——“可能吧。”
5. 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。
6. If no agreement was reached, the army would step in
   如果无法达成协议，军队将会介入。
7. There are circumstances in which the State must step in to protect children.
   有些情况下，国家必须出面保护儿童。
8. The announcement was welcomed as a step in the right direction, but was widely seen as a token gesture
   该公告被认为是向正确方向迈进的一步，因而受到欢迎，但也被普遍看作是一种象征性的姿态。
9. Companies are using every trick in the book to stay one step in front of their competitors.
   各公司想方设法地保持比竞争者领先一步的优势。
10. The Government deserves our wholehearted support for having taken a step in this direction.
    政府已朝这个方向迈进了一步，理应得到我们的全力支持。
11. There's still one more step in the process.
    还差一道工序。
12. Study must proceed step by step in the proper order.
    学习应该按部就班，循序渐进。
13. Barbara klein: the first step in production is called intaglio printing.
    芭芭拉因：在生产的第一步骤称为凹版印刷。
14. He hospitably asked me to step in and have a talk.
    他殷勤地邀请我进去谈谈。
15. This was a drastic step in disease control.
    这是疾病防治中一个强有力的步骤。
16. The success achieved so far is only the first step in a long march of ten thousand li.
    目前的胜利只是万里长征的第一步。
17. This should be a standard step in the development methodology and is not unique to this implementation.
    这应该是开发方法学中的一个标准步骤，而不是该实现所特有的。
18. However, modeling is an important step in IEPD design.
    但是，建模是IEPD设计中的一个重要步骤。
19. This requires that you concatenate the output from each step in the creation of the NSDs into one file.
    这需要将创建NSD的每个步骤中的输出结果连接到一个文件中。
20. A step in a long-running process can correspond to a human activity ( a manual workflow item).
    长时间运行的流程中的步骤可以与人工活动（手动工作流项目）对应。
21. The first step in testing the procedure is to prepare a file that can be loaded in a table.
    测试该过程的第一步是准备一个可以装载到一个表中的文件。
22. A review of the values is only a first step in the analysis process.
    对值的检查只是分析过程的第一步。
23. In any case, consider this a first step in the right direction.
    无论如何，这是向正确的方向迈出了第一步。
24. Another step in setting up any Java library on your system is to locate and link to the documentation.
    在系统中设置Java库的另一个步骤是定位和链接到文档。
25. Each operator represents a step in the transformation process.
    每个运算符都表示转换过程的一个步骤。
26. The first step in the unstable tree search is to recalculate the checksum over the page.
    在不稳定树中搜索时，第一步是重新计算页面上的校验和。
27. A common step in plug-in development is internationalization.
    插件开发中的一个常见步骤是国际化。
28. Verification of the system stress test is the reason for this final step in the method.
    之所以要执行方法中的这最后一步，是为了对系统压力测试进行核实。
29. Each step in the process corresponds to a single business activity.
    流程中的每一步都对应于一个业务活动。

verb

1. act as a substitute
   1. She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold

   Synonym:    substitutedeputizedeputise

2. get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force
   1. Why did the U.S. not intervene earlier in WW II?

   Synonym:    interveneinterfereinterpose