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.
| pervade [V-T] | If something pervades a place or thing, it is a noticeable feature throughout it. 弥漫、充满 | The smell of sawdust and glue pervaded the factory. 锯屑和胶水的气味弥漫在工厂里。 |
| ponderous [ADJ] | Ponderous writing or speech is very serious, uses more words than necessary, and is dull. (文章、话语) 冗长沉闷的 | He had a dense, ponderous style. 他的风格是词藻堆砌、冗长沉闷。 |
| circumlocution [N-VAR] | A circumlocution is a way of saying or writing something using more words than are necessary instead of being clear and direct. 兜圈子、迂回 | It was always when you most wanted a direct answer that Greenfield came up with a circumlocution. 总是在你最想得到一个直截了当的回答时，格林菲尔德却要绕上十八个弯。 |
| expound [V-T] | If you expound an idea or opinion, you give a clear and detailed explanation of it. 阐释、详解 | Schmidt continued to expound his views on economics and politics. 施密特继续阐释他关于经济与政治的观点。 |
| succinct [ADJ] | Something that is succinct expresses facts or ideas clearly and in few words. 言简意赅的、简练的 | The book gives an admirably succinct account of the technology and its history. 这本书对该项技术及其历史作了极其简明的叙述。 |
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