B1 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
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I stepped on a nail sticking out of the floorboards.
I slipped as I stepped onto the platform.
When it was his turn to dive, he gulped and stepped up onto the diving board.
He stepped out into the night and the whirling snow.
I stepped out of the building and immediately a bullet whistled past my head.
B2 [ C ] a stage in a process步骤;阶段
B2 [ C ] an action in a series of actions taken for a particular purpose(一系列行动中的)一步;措施
C1 dealing with one thing and then another thing in a fixed order逐步地,按部就班地,循序渐进地
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This new drug could be an important step in the fight against cancer.
The first step in empowering the poorest sections of society is making sure they vote.
The recent free elections mark the next step in the country's progress towards democracy.
It's a big step, leaving your parents and going off to university.
So what's the next step? How do we progress the situation?
B1 [ C ] one of the surfaces that you walk on when you go up or down stairs台阶,梯级
another word for stepladder (stepladder 的另一种说法)
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She clung to the handrail as she walked down the slippery steps.
He dislocated his knee falling down some steps.
I can't face walking up all those steps again.
There's a long flight of steps ascending to the cathedral doors.
She can't walk up all those steps, not with her bad leg!
B1 [ C ] 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
[ C ] the distance you cover when you take a step一步(的距离)
[ U ] the way you move your feet when you are walking or running, which can sometimes show how you are feeling步态;步伐
[ C ] a particular movement that you make with your feet when you dance舞步
When people walk in step, they lift their feet off the ground and put them down again at the same time.齐步,步伐一致
used to say that opinions, ideas, or ways of living that are the same as those of other people(意见、观点或生活方式)合拍,协调,一致
When someone is out of step, they do not lift the same foot and put it down again at the same time as other people.不合节拍,步伐错乱
used to say that opinions, ideas, or ways of living that are different from those of other people(意见、观点或生活方式)不合拍,不一致,不协调
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He took a step backwards to allow her to pass.
She took a few faltering steps.
He took short mincing steps.
She walked slowly with tottering steps.
Take a couple of steps forwards.
[ C ] the difference in pitch between two notes that are next to each other in the western musical scale音阶
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