我悠到那个梯子上，然后摸索下一级阶梯。

I swung myself onto the ladder and felt for the next rung.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

在13章，你给出了向SOE转型的梯子，共计21个阶梯。

In chapter 13 you present a 21 step transition to SOE ladder.

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布朗说：“在全球经济这个阶梯上，站在梯子下层的人们仅仅能够满足生存的需要，由于食品价格的上涨，一些人便站不住了，于是他们开始从梯子上摔下去。

"People on the lower rungs of the global economic ladder are barely hanging on [surviving], and as food prices rise, many are simply losing their grip and beginning to fall off," he added.

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