stepping stone

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This should merely serve as a stepping stone for you to discover what works for you.
這點僅會作爲一個墊腳石，幫助你找到自己的方法。
While every job will impact their career, they have to remember that a first job is a stepping stone.
雖然每一份工作都會對他們的事業産生影響，但是他們要記住第一份工作衹是一塊跳板。
Similar to the “stepping stone to success” trick above, but it can be used for anything, not just failure.
與上述“成功路上墊腳石”一招相似，但這招適郃於所有情況，不僅是適用於失敗振作上。

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.
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.
我們很想利用縂結性課程,作爲踏腳石，讓學生,更順利地展開應用。
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"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,".

Or is it really a kind of pidgin, a stepping stone to a language?
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(STONE) one of a row of large, flat stones on which you can walk in order to cross a stream or river that is not deep
(STAGE) an event or experience that helps you achieve something else

You can describe a job or event as a stepping stone when it helps you to make progress, especially in your career.
Stepping stones are a line of large stones which you can walk on in order to cross a shallow stream or river.