step是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to move by lifting your foot and putting it down in a different place, or to put your foot on or in something -- 跨步，邁步；踩，踏

  • She stepped backwards and fell over a chair. 她向後退，被一把椅子絆倒。

  • They stepped out onto the balcony. 他們走出房間，來到陽臺上。

  • Be careful not to step in the mud. 小心，別踩進泥裡。

  • Ow, you stepped on my foot! 噢，你踩到我的腳！

  • mainly US Sorry but Mr Taylor has just stepped (= gone) out for a few minutes, but I'll tell him you called. 很抱歉，泰勒先生剛剛出去幾分鐘，我會告訴他你來過電話。

  • formal Step this way please, sir. 這邊請，先生。

• 1 a stage in a process -- 步驟；階段

  • What's the next step in the process? 這個企劃的下一步是甚麼？

  • We must stay one step ahead of our competitors. 我們必須領先我們的競爭對手一步。

  • Most people believe that the decision to cut interest rates was a step in the right direction. 大多數人相信降低利率是朝正確方向邁出的一步。

  • Let's take things a step/one step at a time (= slowly). 我們一步一步來。

  • Following the success of our products in Europe, our logical next step is to move into the American market. 隨著我們的產品在歐洲獲得成功，打入美國市場便順理成章地成為我們的下一步。

  • The country is taking its first tentative steps towards democracy. 這個國家正朝著民主邁出嘗試性的第一步。

  • We need to take drastic steps to reduce pollution. 我們需要採取嚴厲措施以減少污染。

  • The president took the unusual step of altering his prepared speech in order to condemn the terrorist attack. 總統為了譴責恐怖攻擊，採取了極不尋常的做法，臨時更改了事先準備好的講稿。

  • step-by-step instructions 逐步講解的使用說明

  • Don't worry - I'll go through the procedure with you step by step. 別擔心——我會和你一起一步一步地把整個程序說一遍。

• 2 one of the surfaces that you walk on when you go up or down stairs -- 臺階，梯級

  • a flight of steps 一段臺階

  • We had to climb some steps to reach the front door. 我們得爬上幾級臺階才能到大門前。

  • I asked them to leave the parcel on the (front) step (= outside the door to the house). 我叫他們把包裹放在門口。

  • Mind the step as you leave the train. 下火車時請小心腳下。

  • It's difficult for people in wheelchairs to negotiate (= move up and down) steps. 坐輪椅的人上下樓梯很困難。

  • One of the steps on the ladder is broken. 梯子上有一階壞了。

  • kitchen steps 廚房用梯凳

  • library steps 圖書館用折疊梯

• 3 the act of lifting one foot and putting it down on a different part of the ground, such as when you walk or run -- 邁步；腳步

  • Sophie took her first steps when she was eleven months old. 蘇菲11個月大時邁出了第一步。

  • He rose to his feet and took a couple of steps towards her. 他站起身來，朝她的方向走了幾步。

  • With every step, her feet hurt her more and more. 每走一步，她的雙腳就痛得更厲害。

  • I retraced my steps, looking for my lost keys. 我原路折返，尋找丟失的鎖匙。

  • I'd only gone a few steps when I realized I'd forgotten to lock the door. 我剛向前走了幾步就意識到我忘記鎖門。

  • She walked out of the office with a spring in her step (= in a way that showed she was happy). 她邁著輕快的步伐走出辦公室。

  • The driver told us to mind/watch our step (= walk carefully) as we got off the bus. 我們下公車時，司機提醒我們當心腳下。

  • She's teaching me some basic dance steps. 她在教我一些基本舞步。

  • The soldiers marched in step. 士兵齊步前進。

  • Television companies need to keep in step with public opinion. 電視公司需要順應民意。

  • I'm no good at dancing - I always get completely out of step. 我不擅長跳舞——總是踩不到點上。

  • The Republicans are out of step with the country, Williams said. 威廉斯說，共和黨員和國民的立場格格不入。

  • He thinks that everyone is out of step except him. 他認為只有他是對的，其他所有人都是錯的。

• 4 the difference in pitch between two notes that are next to each other in the western musical scale -- 音階

• 5 related to someone through a second marriage -- （因再婚形成的親屬關係）繼…

  • stepfather 繼父

  • stepmother 繼母

  • stepchildren 繼子女