It is our firm conviction that a step forward has been taken.

我们坚信已经向前迈进了一步。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Let anyone who has guts step forward!

有种的站出来！

《新英汉大辞典》

The Flea was the first to step forward.

跳蚤是第一个站出来的。

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He called the vote an "important step forward" as the Afghan people seek to control their future.

VOA: special.2009.08.22

So I always felt free, in fact, I felt encouraged when I had a disagreement to step forward and make my case.

所以我总觉得很自由，事实上，我觉得经常被鼓励提出不同意见,站出来，陈述自己的观点。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

And the last example that we're going to talk about is thionyl chloride, so it's s o c l 2. This is another good step forward, because now we actually have four different atoms in our molecule.

我们要讨论的最后一个例子,是氯化亚砜，就是硫，氧，氯，二，这又是一个进步，因为我们的分子中现在有四个不同的原子了。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

And if that can be accomplished through de-escalation, that would obviously be a positive step forward.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

All of this, in the view of the German leader, was a "considerable step forward".

BBC: Smoke and mirrors and the euro crisis

Scotland's Fisheries Secretary Richard Lochhead has described the changes agreed as a "significant step forward".

BBC: EU agrees to new fish dumping laws