He put his foot on the bottom rung to keep the ladder steady.

他用脚踩住最底下的横档稳住梯子。

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They are just the clerical workers on the bottom rung of ladder.

他们只是一些普通职员，在公司的最底层。

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Life at the bottom rung of medieval society is not easy or healthy.

中世纪社会底层的生活艰辛而肮脏。

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In Transparency International's just-released 2009 survey of world corruption, Afghanistan was only one step above the bottom rung,ranking 179th out of 180 countries surveyed.

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Variety employs some seven thousand people, and the bottom rung earns the minimum wage.

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But instead they are starting over on the bottom rung and still striving.

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They have to be coaxed on to the bottom rung of the education ladder if they are to clamber on at all.

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