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.
| embezzle [V-T] | If someone embezzles money that their organization or company has placed in their care, they take it and use it illegally for their own purposes. 挪用、侵吞 | One former director embezzled $34 million in company funds. 一位前任主管挪用了3400万美元的公司资金。 |
| steadfast [ADJ] | If someone is steadfast in something that they are doing, they are convinced that what they are doing is right and they refuse to change it or to give up. 坚定的 | He remained steadfast in his belief that he had done the right thing. 他仍然坚信自己做了正确的事情。 |
| resolute [ADJ] | If you describe someone as resolute, you approve of them because they are very determined not to change their mind or not to give up a course of action. 坚定的 | Voters perceive him as a decisive and resolute international leader. 选民认识到他是一位果断、坚定的国际领袖。 |
| turmoil [N-VAR] | Turmoil is a state of confusion, disorder, uncertainty, or great anxiety. 混乱、骚乱 | She lived through the turmoil of the French Revolution. 她经历过法国大革命的混乱之后仍旧活着。 |
| attenuate [V-T] | To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it. 使减小、使减弱 | You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it. 风险不可能完全消除，但可以通过防范和培训来降低。 |
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