If you have to climb up, use a firm platform or a sturdy ladder.

如果你必须爬上去，就用一个稳固的平台或者一个结实的梯子。

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They want to see more women take their place higher up the corporate or professional ladder.

他们希望看到更多女性担任公司或职业阶梯上更高的职位。

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He was halfway up the ladder.

他梯子上到了一半。

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It's the phosphate and the pentose that make up the backbone - that make up the upright struts of the ladder and it's the bases that make up the connecting struts, so the bases are the colors.

磷酸基和戊糖,共同构成了主链,主链又构成了梯子上下的支柱,而碱基,则构成连接支柱的梯阶,碱基是用各种颜色表示的

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