不积跬步，无以至千里；不积小流，无以成江海。
《荀子 | 劝学篇》
Without accumulating small steps, one cannot reach a thousand miles; without small streams accumulated, rivers and sea cannot be formed.
| curtail [V-T] | If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it. 缩减 、限制 | NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region. 北大西洋公约组织计划缩减派往该地的部队数量。 |
| entice [V-T] | To entice someone to go somewhere or to do something means to try to persuade them to go to that place or to do that thing. 怂恿 、诱使 | Retailers have tried almost everything, from cheap credit to free flights, to entice shoppers through their doors. 从低价信贷到免费航班，零售商们几乎用尽一切办法说服购物者惠顾。 |
| assimilate [V-T/V-I] | When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it. 同化; 被同化 | There is every sign that new Asian-Americans are just as willing to assimilate. 各种迹象表明新的亚裔美籍人简直一样愿意被同化。 |
| merit [N-UNCOUNT] | If something has merit, it has good or worthwhile qualities. 优点; 价值 | The argument seemed to have considerable merit. |
| merit [N-PLURAL] | The merits of something are its advantages or other good points. 好处 | They have been persuaded of the merits of peace. 他们已经被说服，认识到了和平的好处。 |
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