stepping-stone

常见例句

The defence ministry is a parking place for weak ministers or a stepping-stone for strong ones.
国防部成了弱势部长的停车场或是攀上高位的踏脚石。
The second application of layers acted as a stepping-stone to a final, UML package-based approach.
分层的第二项应用是作为最终的、基于 UML 包的方法的中间步骤。
As when youths leave home for college, the Moon can become a schooling place, a stepping-stone to the boundless horizons of human destiny.
正如大学是年轻人求知的必由之路一样，对于整个人类而言，月球也将会成为一个开阔眼界增长知识的新的场所，它是人类通往崭新天地的漫漫长路中一块踏脚石。

With those sparks, any adversity or affliction is another stepping-stone to a better life.
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The defence ministry is a parking place for weak ministers or a stepping-stone for strong ones.
ECONOMIST: The war in Afghanistan
The second reason is that sequestration offers a fine stepping-stone to squeaky clean hydrogen energy.
ECONOMIST: The environment