止步不前,意思是指某人或某事没有进展,比喻安于现状。
n. standstill
vi. halt
misc. cease to advance ; come to a halt
他们不会因为年龄、体型或缺乏资源而止步不前,他们看到了周围世界的需要,并在力所能及的地方提供帮助。
These weren't stopped by their age or size or lack of resources, they saw a need in the world around them and to step help where they could.
学校讨厌止步不前,因为它们不仅仅是书本知识。
Schools are hate to stay because they are much more than just book learning.
学校讨厌止步不前,因为它们不仅仅是书本知识。
Schools hate to stay because they are much more than just book learning.
And for Milton, whose temperament up to this point inclined him obviously to hesitation, to postponement, and to merely the anticipation of profit, the pressure applied by this parable of the unprofitable servant may very well have seemed utterly unbearable.
对于弥尔顿来说,这是性格使然,他读到这里会犹豫,会止步不前,会对利益有所期待,这则寓言中毫无收益的仆人,给了他无尽的压力。
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