"This valley of history has seen mankind complete its first evolutionary steps into the universe: leaving the planet Earth and going forward into the universe.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

Fate will permit no apocalypse before its time, before the necessary and painful steps that have to lead up to the Last Judgment.

命运在来之前不会允许人们去启示别人，必须要自己去经历必要而又痛苦的那几步,才能走向最终的审判。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Suppose instead, I want a machine that can take a recipe, the description of a sequence of steps, take that as its input, and then that machine will now act like what is described in that recipe.

假设换成这个，我想要一台可以安装描述，一系列步骤的结果的方法的机器，把那个当做输入设备，然后那台机器可以像方法中,描述的那样运行了。

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They discussed steps to take in dealing with Iran and its nuclear program.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

The United States says it will never accept North Korea's nuclear weapons, and that normal diplomatic ties will only follow serious steps by Pyongyang to fulfill its disarmament pledges.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

He also said the steps such as Turkey's continuing dialogue with the non-muslim communities as well as its relationship with Armenia are all included in the report in positive terms.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Mukasey and other critics, including former Vice President Dick Cheney, argue that the decision to try the 9/11 suspects in civilian court is the latest in a series of steps by the Obama administration that calls into question its commitment to fight the war on terror.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25