The first step to creating a minimalist design, or just simplifying a layout, is not simply to cut out most of the graphics, but rather to rethink the content and strip it to the bare requirements.

创作极简设计的第一步，或说是仅仅简化布局，并不是简单地删掉大部分图片，而是重新考虑内容并摒弃空洞内容。只有这样才能使页面上最重要的元素发挥作用。

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The first step in making a dress is to cut out the pieces according to the pattern.

做衣服的第一步走要根据样式剪成几片。

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The logical next step was to cut out the man or woman in the broadcasting studio.

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Earlier, Prime Minister David Cameron, who chaired the Cobra meeting, told MPs that Britain must take every possible step to "cut out the terrorist cancer" that existed in the Arabian Peninsula.

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The next logical step was to cut Apple out of the loop.

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