a step

Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves. Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways ．

中等颜色的选择一般是家具件,如沙发、餐桌或书架。在这一范围内,颜色的选择在两个主要方面都比小的要高出一步。

Greater government intervention in businesses would represent a step backwards.

政府加强对企业的干涉将是一种倒退。

It was unquestionably a step in the right direction.

这无疑是朝正确方向迈出的一步。

If you feel stressed by responsibilities at work, you should take a step back and identify those of greater and less importance.

如果你觉得工作中的责任给你带来压力,你应该后退一步,区分重要和不重要的责任。

It is our firm conviction that a step forward has been taken

我们坚信已经向前迈进了一步。

He moved a step backward/ backwards.

他向后退了一步。

He took a step backwards.

他退后一步。

We have made a step towards success.

我们已向成功迈进一步。

The announcement was welcomed as a step in the right direction, but was widely seen as a token gesture

该公告被认为是向正确方向迈进的一步，因而受到欢迎，但也被普遍看作是一种象征性的姿态。

She took a step nearer.

她走近一步。

The elections were a step in the right direction, but there is a lot more to be done.

举行选举是迈出了正确的一步，但仍有很多事情要做。

Aristotle took the scientific approach a step further.

亚里士多德将该科学方法向前推进了一步。

She moved a step closer to me.

她朝我靠近一步。

He took a step towards the door.

他朝门口迈了一步。

I'd like to take this idea a step further.

我想把这一思想深化一步。

His speech called for a step change in attitudes to the environment in the 21st century.

他的演讲呼吁在21世纪彻底改变对待环境的态度。

This is a step in the right direction, but we'd like to see the U.S. Sentencing Commission make further changes to the guidelines.

这是朝正确的方向迈出了一步，但我们仍希望看到美国量刑委员会对准则做出进一步的改变。

"So take a step back, switch off the automatic pilot and actually stop and reflect about things like our priorities, our values, and our relationships."

所以退后一步，关掉自动驾驶仪，真正停下来反思我们的重要事务我们的价值观和我们的人际关系等等。

I felt that going to live with my parents would be a step backwards.

我觉得回去和我父母一同生活会更糟。

This won't solve the problem but it's a step in the right direction.

这虽不能解决问题，却是朝正确方向迈出的一步。

We now need a step change in our secondary schools to match that achieved in our primaries.

我们现在需要大力改革中学，以便与我们在小学里所取得的成果同步。

Washington would not take such a step without its allies' approval

没有盟国的同意，华盛顿将不会采取这样一种行动。

Businessmen cluster together to get ideas, tips, personal contacts anything to get a step ahead of the computer.

商人们聚集在一起寻求创意、建议、人际关系等，以便能比计算机领先一步。

Without the masses we can't move a step.

咱们离开了群众,就寸步难行啊!

I won't venture a step farther.

我不敢再往前走一步.

Lisa took a step backwards.

莉萨向后退了一步。

I took a step towards him

我朝他迈了一步。

The Government deserves our wholehearted support for having taken a step in this direction.

政府已朝这个方向迈进了一步，理应得到我们的全力支持。