英 [ˈstepɪŋ stəʊn]
跳石：指一排大而平的石头，可以用来步行，以便穿过不太深的溪流或河流。
垫脚石：指帮助你实现其他目标的事件或经历。
stepping stone //
可数名词 You can describe a job or event as a stepping stone when it helps you to make progress, especially in your career. 垫脚石; 进身之阶
It is just another stepping stone to bigger and better things.
这只不过是通往那些更大更好事情的又一块垫脚石。
可数名词 Stepping stones are a line of large stones which you can walk on in order to cross a shallow stream or river. (小溪或河流中的) 踏脚石
a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing
any means of advancement
步石
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... reputable adj. 声誉好的；受尊敬的；卓越的 stepping stone 垫脚石；跳板；进身之阶 tranquility n. 宁静；平静 ...
垫脚石；跳板；进身之阶
It is just another stepping stone to bigger and better things.
这只不过是通往那些更大更好事情的又一块垫脚石。
Trade publications counselled department stores that, in order to increase sales, they should create a "third stepping stone" between infant wear and older kid's clothes.
行业出版物建议百货商店，为了增加销售额，他们应该在婴儿装和大童装之间建立“第三块垫脚石”。
See failure as a stepping stone to success.
把失败当做通往成功的垫脚石。
That budget would end funding for the Constellation program, which would have returned U.S.astronauts to the moon as a stepping stone to Mars.
VOA : standard.2010.04.15
"This will serve as a catalyst to help Nigeria to be ready, to improve itself, to look at the organization, to look at the quality of the facilities,and therefore I hope this will serve as a kind of stepping stone for Nigeria to be ready,".
VOA : standard.2009.10.22
And one of the things we really try to use the Capstone project for is a stepping stone into what you are going to do with your application.
我们很想利用总结性课程,作为踏脚石，让学生,更顺利地展开应用。
幸福课课程节选 : 哈佛公开课
What she opposed was using the single market as a stepping stone to closer political union.
Or is it really a kind of pidgin, a stepping stone to a language?
Often, attendance at these schools is a stepping stone to more traditional four-year universities.