名词 step:

1. any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

2. the distance covered by a step

3. the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down

4. support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

5. relative position in a graded series

6. a short distance

7. the sound of a step of someone walking

8. a musical interval of two semitones

9. a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface

10. a solid block joined to the beams in which the heel of a ship's mast or capstan is fixed

11. a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance

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1. The junior executive was impatient for promotion but knew that he would only get it by stepping into a dead man's shoes.
   这位下级行政官员急不可待地想晋升，但他知道只有待某人死后或退休后才能步其后尘，谋取其职。
2. He's a terrible dancer; he's too clumsy and keeps stepping on my feet.
   他跳舞跳得糟透了，笨手笨脚的，老是踩我的脚。
3. Stand back! You're stepping on my toes.
   向后站！你踩在我的脚趾头上了。
4. A counter used in the arithmetical unit to count the steps in multiplication, division, and shift operation.
   在运算部件中，对乘、除、移位操作中的操作步进行计数所用的一种计数器。