It's only a small improvement, but at least it's a step in the right direction.

虽然这只是小小的改进，但至少是朝正确方向迈出的一步。

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The first step toward an improvement of western transportation was the construction of turnpikes.

改善西部交通的第一步是修建收费公路。

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The first step in all improvement endeavors is the same: a realistic self-assessment.

所有改进努力的第一步都是相同的：一个现实的自我评估。

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One of the biggest victims of the change looks like being the famed kaizen (step-by-step improvement) system that was pioneered by Toyota in the 1970s and has been treated as gospel by manufacturers throughout Japan ever since.

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Its introduction represented the biggest step function improvement in computing power ever, said Mr Hauser.

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The Swiss Socialist party "deplored" the result, saying that better protection against passive smoking would have "incontestably been a major step in the improvement of (workers') conditions".

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