1. The members borrowed a seven-step problem-solving process from an electric company.
    小组成员从一家电气公司那里借用了一种七步问题解决法。

2. The likely next step is agreement from the Government to test pepper spray, an organic substance derived from peppers which disables an attacker if sprayed in his face.
    下一步可能的做法是政府同意试验胡椒喷雾剂，一种从胡椒中提取的有机物质。如果喷在脸上，它能使袭击者丧失行动能力。

3. Naoto's immediate goal is to pass the entrance examinations for a private junior high school, a vital step for eventual admission to a prestigious (有名望的) university.
    直仁眼下的目标，是想通过入学考试，进入一所私立初级中学——这是最终进入一所著名大学的关键一步。

4. Her shopping had tired her and her basket had grown heavier with every step of the way home.
    去商店买东西把她搞得筋疲力尽；在回家的路上，她每走一步，就感到手里的篮子又重了一点。

5. Don´t step in the lawn.
    不要践踏草地。

6. "Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water," he warns. He might have gone a step further and called for respect for both our economists and our trashmen; otherwise, they'll both leave garbage behind.
    他警告说，“这个社会的管道和理论都会出问题。”他也许还应进一步要求人们既尊重经济学家又尊重垃圾工；不然的话，他们都会在身后留下垃圾。

7. So it is a comparatively simple step from locating the sea bottom to locating a shoal of fish.
    从测定海深到测定鱼群，这一进展比较容易。

8. Jerry: Man, you´re really aggressive! Step on someone´s foot and they go berserk!
    杰端:老兄,你真有侵略性!只不过踩到某人的脚,他们就狂怒了!

9. Green and white taxis are a step down the scale, but still have meters.
    绿白相间的就低一个档次，但也有计程器。

10. "...while the data...cannot be held to prove the... (hypothesis), they may go so far as to initiate and encourage experiments and observations by which the truth or fallacy of the views held may be demonstrated, which, either way, will be a step in t
    “……虽然现有的实验数据……无法证明我们的……(假设)，但它们能起到这样的作用，即推动和鼓励科学家去进行实验和观察，以验证我们原有的观点是正确还是错误。不论结论如何，总是代表科学在前进的道路上所走的一步。”