Nervous politicians might well feel more comfortable with a step-by-step approach.

紧张不安的政治家们也许会对逐步解决问题的方式感到更轻松些。

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So is this 5 step approach better?

这一个5步方法更好么？

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They require a careful step-by-step approach over many years.

它们要求在今后许多年中采用谨慎的逐步解决的方式。

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Of the 183 countries voting, Myanmar's ambassador,Than Swe, said if western countries are truly concerned about human rights in his country or any other they should adopt a cooperative approach, instead of a resolution that he called "out of step with the times we live in."

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"There is a certain tendency to explore a step-by-step approach, " one senior EU official said.

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Nothing too ambitious, just a four-step approach to the bar in her training shoes.

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In our experience, a simple yet effective 3-step approach would be to plan, monitor and protect.

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