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，迈步；踩，踏

  • She stepped backwards and fell over a chair. 她向后退，被一把椅子绊倒。

  • They stepped out onto the balcony. 他们走出房间来到阳台上。

  • Be careful not to step in the mud. 小心，别踩进泥里。

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

  • 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，泰勒先生刚刚出去几分钟，我会告诉他你打过电话了。

  • formal Step this way please, sir. 您这边请，先生。

• 1 a stage in a process -- 步骤；阶段

  • What's the next step in the process? 这个项目的下一步是什么？

  • We must stay one step ahead of our competitors. 我们必须领先我们的竞争对手一步。

  • 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是朝正确方向迈出的一步。

  • Let's take things a step/one step at a time (= slowly). 我们一步一步来。

  • Following the success of our products in Europe, our logical next step is to move into the American market. 随着我们的产品在欧洲获得成功，进入美国市场便顺理成章地成了我们的下一步。

  • The country is taking its first tentative steps towards democracy. 这个国家正在朝着民主迈出尝试性的第一步。

  • We need to take drastic steps to reduce pollution. 我们需要采取严厉措施减少污染。

  • The president took the unusual step of altering his prepared speech in order to condemn the terrorist attack. 总统为了谴责恐怖主义袭击，采取了极不寻常的做法，临时更改了事先准备好的讲稿。

  • step-by-step instructions 逐步讲解的使用说明

  • Don't worry - I'll go through the procedure with you step by step. 别担心——我会和你一起一步一步地把整套程序过一遍。

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

  • a flight of steps 一段台阶

  • We had to climb some steps to reach the front door. 我们得爬几级台阶才能到大门前。

  • I asked them to leave the parcel on the (front) step (= outside the door to the house). 我让他们把包裹放在门口。

  • Mind the step as you leave the train. 下火车时请小心脚下。

  • It's difficult for people in wheelchairs to negotiate (= move up and down) steps. 坐轮椅的人上下楼梯很困难。

  • One of the steps on the ladder is broken. 梯子上有一个梯级坏了。

  • kitchen steps 厨房用梯凳

  • library steps 图书馆用活梯

• 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 -- 迈步；脚步

  • Sophie took her first steps when she was eleven months old. 索菲11个月大时迈出了第一步。

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

  • With every step, her feet hurt her more and more. 每走一步，她的双脚就疼得更厉害一些。

  • I retraced my steps, looking for my lost keys. 我原路折回，寻找丢失的钥匙。

  • I'd only gone a few steps when I realized I'd forgotten to lock the door. 我刚向前走了几步就意识到我忘了锁门。

  • She walked out of the office with a spring in her step (= in a way that showed she was happy). 她迈着轻快的步子走出了办公室。

  • The driver told us to mind/watch our step (= walk carefully) as we got off the bus. 我们下公交车时，司机提醒我们当心脚下。

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

  • The soldiers marched in step. 士兵们齐步前进。

  • Television companies need to keep in step with public opinion. 电视公司需要顺应民意。

  • I'm no good at dancing - I always get completely out of step. 我不擅长跳舞——总是踩不到点上。

  • The Republicans are out of step with the country, Williams said. 威廉姆斯说，共和党人和国民的立场格格不入。

  • He thinks that everyone is out of step except him. 他认为只有他是对的，其他所有人都是错的。

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

• 5 related to someone through a second marriage -- （因再婚形成的亲属关系）继…

  • stepfather 继父

  • stepmother 继母

  • stepchildren 继子女