0 to burn slowly with smoke but without flames -- 无火焰地慢慢烧,闷燃
1 If a problem or unpleasant situation smoulders, it continues to exist and may become worse at any time. -- (问题或不良局势)持续存在,维持
The dispute is still smouldering, five years after the negotiations began. 谈判开始到现在都5年了,争端的暗火仍在燃烧。
2 If a strong emotion smoulders, it exists, but is prevented from being expressed. -- (强烈的情绪)郁积,闷在心头
3 A person who smoulders has strong sexual or romantic feelings but does not express them. -- 欲火中烧;心驰神往
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
再长的路,一步步也能走完,再短的路,不迈开双脚也无法到达。