He greeted the agreement as the first step toward peace.

他赞称这项协议是迈向和平的第一步。

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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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Awareness is the first step toward change.

要意识到，这是走向变革的第一步。

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But he was also right that it would be the first step toward ending slavery in the United States.

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And Roosevelt's willingness to accept an unbalanced budget would be the first step toward federal budget deficits that would grow steadily in the years to come.

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For many of these activists, stopping health care reform is the first step toward defeating Democrats in Congress in November and President Obama in 2012.

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As the saying goes, the first step toward recovery is to acknowledge the problem.

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Robust, unbiased data are the first step toward addressing our long-term economic needs and key policy priorities.

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Kyoto presented the first step toward creating a carbon market that Enron desperately wanted Congress to support.

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