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.
| splutter [V-I] | If something splutters, it makes a series of short, sharp sounds. 发劈啪声 | Suddenly the engine coughed, spluttered, and died. 突然发动机扑哧扑哧、劈啪作响，然后熄火了。 |
| debilitate [V-T] | If you are debilitated by something such as an illness, it causes your body or mind to become gradually weaker. 虚弱 | Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus. 昨天因拉塞尔患有肠炎身体变得虚弱，斯图尔特已经接管了他的工作。 |
| succumb [V-I] | If you succumb to temptation or pressure, you do something that you want to do, or that other people want you to do, although you feel it might be wrong. (向诱惑、压力) 屈服 | Don’t succumb to the temptation to have just one cigarette. 不要屈服于只抽一支烟的诱惑。 |
| undesirable [ADJ] | If you describe something or someone as undesirable, you think they will have harmful effects. 不受欢迎的、不利的 | Inflation is considered to be undesirable because of its adverse effects on income distribution. 通货膨胀因其对收入分配的反作用而被认为是不利的。 |
| understatement [N-UNCOUNT] | Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have. 低调说法、轻描淡写 | To say I’m disappointed is an understatement. 说我很失望是很轻的说法。 |
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