A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage.

策略尤指人在开始阶段所采用的计谋、策略、手法。

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Research on co-processing waste pesticide is at an initial stage in China.

国内在水泥窑共处置废农药方面的研究处于起步阶段。

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However, on the whole, studies of state image still remain at an initial stage.

但从总体上看，关于国家形象的探索还处于学术研究的初始阶段。

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The survey from the New Schools Network, which advises on setting up free schools, had been used to show that applicants might have been deterred if their bids had been made public at an initial stage.

BBC: Free school bids ordered to be disclosed

From an initial passionate stage, it slowly ebbed until it became routine and then barely noticeable.

NEWYORKER: Great Experiment

An initial late-stage clinical trial involving hundreds of patients is already under way, but the FDA will require a second set of tests.

FORBES: BioMarin Gets Ready To Bloom