Dreye权威释义

n.

脚步[C]
She took a few steps towards the window.
她向窗口走了几步。
脚步声[C]
一步的距离；短距离[C]
The museum is only a short step away from our school.
博物馆离我们学校不远。
步伐，步调[U][C]
足迹[C]
台阶[P]
步骤；手段；措施[C]
Steps have been taken to ensure safety.
已采取了安全措施。
踏板；梯级；（接近目标的）一步，一阶段[C]
They have made a big step in their business.
他们在事业上迈进了一大步。
等级；升级
舞步[C]
（计量器的）一个刻度[C]
【美】【音】音阶

vi.[Q]

跨步；走；步行
Please step this way.
请这边走。
踏（进），跨（入）
She stepped into the room and sat down in a sofa.
她走进屋子在沙发上坐下。
踩，踩住[（+on）]
Sorry! Did I step on your toes?
对不起！我是不是踩到你的脚了？

vt.

跨（步）；踏（脚）；散步于
He stepped the riverside.
他在河边行走。
跳舞
步测[（+out/off）]
使成梯级

短语

break step

乱了步伐
The soldiers broke step when they crossed the stone bridge.
士兵们过石桥时乱了步伐。

in step

一致
My ideas are in step with yours.
我的想法和你是一致的。

keep step

步调一致
Hair styles and clothes' fashion should keep step together.
发型应与服装式样相配。

out of step

不一致
She is out of step with modern life.
她与现代生活格格不入。

step aside

让开一点
Would you mind stepping aside to let me pass?
请你站开让我走过去好吗？
退出；让位于人
Step aside, I'll handle this problem.
让到一旁，这个问题我会处理。

step by step

逐步地
His health is improving step by step.
他的健康状况正在逐步好转。

step down

辞职；退休
Our boss stepped down after thirty years with the company.
我们的老板在这家公司工作了三十年后退休了。
He is not ready to step down yet.
他还不准备辞职。

step in

插手干预；介入
The government may step in to settle the disagreement between the union and the employers.
政府可能会出面干预，解决工会和雇主之间的纠纷。

step on it

【口】赶快
We were late, so we told the taxi driver to step on it.
我们迟到了，所以我们请司机赶快。
We'll have to step on it if we don't want to be late.
如果我们不想迟到的话，得赶快。

step up

增强；加快
Our key player has been sidelined because of injury, so I want everybody to step up.
我们的主将受伤退场了，所以我要每一个人更拼。
You have to step up your pace.
你得加快步伐。

take steps

采取步骤（或措施）
I think you'll have to take effective steps.
我认为你得采取有效措施。

watch one's step

留心脚下
Watch your step!
脚下当心！
谨慎小心
You should watch your step. The police know that you are one of the strike committee.
你应该小心点。警方知道你是罢工委员会的成员之一。

辨析

同义:

vi.,vt.走

walk tread pace

同义参见:

stride gait footstep footfall protection process thing degree dance

以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》

n.

an act or movement of putting one leg in front of the other in walking or running.
▸the distance covered by such a movement.

▸a short and easily walked distance.
one of the sequences of movement of the feet which make up a dance.
a flat surface, especially one in a series, on which to place one's foot when moving from one level to another.
▸a doorstep.

▸a rung of a ladder.

▸ (steps or a pair of steps) Brit. a stepladder.

▸step aerobics.

▸Climbing a foothold cut in a slope of ice.
a measure or action, especially one of a series taken in order to deal with or achieve a particular thing.
a position or grade in a scale or hierarchy.
Music, N. Amer. an interval in a scale; a tone (whole step) or semitone (half step).
Physics an abrupt change in the value of a quantity, especially voltage.
a block fixed to a boat's keel in order to take the base of a mast or other fitting.

v.

(steps, stepping, stepped)

lift and set down one's foot or one foot after the other in order to walk somewhere or move to a new position.
Nautical set up (a mast) in its step.

Phrase

in (or out of) step
1. walking, marching, or dancing in the same (or a different) rhythm and pace as others.
2. conforming (or not conforming) to what others are doing or thinking.
3. Physics (of two or more oscillations or other cyclic phenomena) having (or not having) the same frequency and always in the same phase.
follow (or tread) in someone's steps
do as someone else did, especially in making a journey or following a career.
mind (or watch) one's step
walk or act carefully.
step into someone's shoes
take control of a task or job from another person.
step on it
informal go faster.
step out of line
behave inappropriately or disobediently.
step up to the plate
N. Amer. take action in response to an opportunity or crisis.

Phrase verbal

step aside
another way of saying step down.
step back
mentally withdraw from a situation in order to consider it objectively.
step down
withdraw or resign from a position or office.
step something down
decrease voltage by using a transformer.
step forward
offer one's help or services.
step in
1. become involved in a difficult situation, especially in order to help.
2. act as a substitute for someone.
step out
1. leave a room or building, typically for a short time.
2. N. Amer. informal have a romantic or sexual relationship with someone.
3. walk with long or vigorous steps.
step something up
increase the amount, speed, or intensity of something.
▸increase voltage using a transformer.

Derivative

stepped adj.
stepwise adj.

Etymology

OE stæpe, stepe (n.), stæppan, steppan (v.), of Gmc origin.

以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》

步，指令［程序、作业］步，步进

(1)在过程控制系统中，指一个阶段中的最小的设备动作，完成对最终控制设备的指示。例如打开阀门或修改PID的某一参数等。参见procedure，operation，phase。(2)在某些小型计算机系统(如IBM的Series/1)中，为执行一个程序，或为定义由该程序使用的数据集，而对作业内的一系列的作业步来执行有关的程序。(3)让计算机去执行一次操作。(4)计算机程序中的一条指令。

以上来源于：《英汉计算机技术大辞典》

措施；介入

以上来源于：《英汉法律词典》

阶梯；步级；梯级

以上来源于：《英汉医学词典》