stepping stone

noun

1. （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
2. 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

1. N-COUNT (尤指事业的)垫脚石，进身之阶
   You can describe a job or event as a stepping stone when 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。
2. (小溪或小河中的)垫脚石，踏脚石
   Stepping stones are a line of large stones which you can walk on in order to cross a shallow stream or river.

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。
2. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone.
   我们的麻烦是坚持耐心地跨出每一步。
3. Failure is a stepping stone to success.
   失败就是成功路上的垫脚石。
4. 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。
5. Representing and specifying those universally applicable entities is only a stepping stone in applying archetypes.
   表示和指定这些统一应用实体仅是在应用原型中的一个中间步骤。
6. Each experience can be a stepping stone for us to be better people.
   每次经历都可以成为我们的一块垫脚石而成为更好的人。
7. Most addicts do relapse, but we view that as a stepping stone to success, she said.
   大多数成瘾患者都会故态复萌，但我们认为这是通向成功的踏脚石。
8. I am sure this promotion is just a stepping stone to even greater things.
   我相信你这次晋升，只是未来取得更辉煌成就的开端。
9. I see this job just as a stepping stone to better things.
   我把这工作视为通往更好工作的踏脚石。
10. 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。
11. This job is just a stepping stone for me.
    这份工作对我来说只是一个跳板。
12. While every job will impact their career, they have to remember that a first job is a stepping stone.
    虽然每一份工作都会对他们的事业产生影响，但是他们要记住第一份工作只是一块跳板。
13. Clearly a stepping stone for a better life.
    明显是迈向更美好生活的踏脚石。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. For him SpaceX is merely a stepping stone for his Martian retirement.
    对他而言，太空探索技术公司只是块为实现他的火星退休梦铺路的垫脚石。
17. Is the Script and Language of the Bimo Safe for ever or Only a Stepping Stone to Learning Han?
    毕摩经书与语言是安全永续的，抑或仅是学习汉语的一个台阶？
18. Their primary degree is a stepping stone, a time for studying subjects in which they have a deep interest.
    他们的第一学位只是一个跳板，是学习课程并培养对某些课程兴趣的过程。
19. Read more and imitate, you are on the stepping stone to the real English world.
    多看多模仿，就是登陆真正英语世界的踏脚石。
20. Still, this technology could prove a useful stepping stone towards further efficiency reductions in the future.
    不过，这已是向未来节能方向发展的一块有用的踏脚石。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. If I was a stepping stone in the middle of the bridge, he would bump into me and I can touch him!
    如果我被铺在桥的正中，就能碰到他、摸他一下了！
25. She had to show that she was not just using New York as a stepping stone to the White House.
    因此她必须让大家看到，她并非仅仅是在利用纽约，将其作为进军白宫的跳板。
26. 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？
27. The job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches.
    工作只是他成名的进身之阶。
28. Round stepping stone. Use for concrete, exposed aggregate, or wood.
    圆形踏脚石。使用混凝土、混凝土石块或木材。
29. I consider my work here as stepping stone for a promising future in this industry.
    我把这份工作看作是在业内大展宏图的踏脚石。
30. For others, meanwhile, blogging has been a stepping stone to new employment, part of a career progression that may or may not have been consciously planned.
    同时，对其它人而言，写博客已是寻找新就业机会的跳板，属于职业发展的一部分，这可能是有意规划的，也可能是无意之举。

noun

1. any means of advancement
   1. the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches

2. a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing