stepping stone

stepping stone ：something that helps you to progress towards achieving something , 垫脚石，助攻，可数名词。

A 是 B 的垫脚石：A is a stepping stone to B

A good track record is widely considered a stepping stone to promotion.

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a good track record:

great accomplishment/achievement

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Barack Obama's stint as a United States Senator of the state of Illinois served as a stepping stone to his presidency.

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stint,在上句中是an unbroken period of time during which you do something or a set amount of time in which you do something, often work of some sort

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TikTok's popularity in China turned out to be a stepping stone to its success overseas.

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be widely consider as/ serve as/ turn out to be a stepping stone

a stepping stone to success

翻译:

好习惯是成功的垫脚石。

Good habits are a stepping stone to success.

造句：

Dressing decently is a stepping stone to a successful interview.