Stepping-stone
大学 Collegen. 踏脚石, 进身之价
📖 牛津释义
stepping-stone
n
(a) flat stone (usu one of several) providing a place to step on when crossing a stream, river, etc on foot （过河等用的）踏脚石.
(b) (fig 比喻) means or stage of progress towards achieving or attaining sth 藉以达到目标的手段或阶段
a first stepping-stone on the path to success 通向成功的第一步.
🧩 词语组成解析
[计] 步进式, 改变
stone
[ston]
n. 石头;宝石;矿石;（膀胱或肾脏中的）结石;
vt. 向扔石块;用石头铺;以石掷向;除（水果的）硬核;
adj. 石制的;石头似的;[S-]石器时代的;粗陶制的;
adv. 石一般的;
🗣️ 情景例句
That's what I thought.
我也正这样想。
I would like to call a gardener to come this afternoon.
我要叫一个园丁今天下午来。
Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
然后他微笑了一下告诉我说，我每年将得到1，000 英镑的额外收入。