step-out time

基本解释

“Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.” - Mark Twain
习惯就是习惯，谁也不能将其扔出窗外，只能一步一步地引它下楼。
Many have a hard time landing an internship because each step is less thought-out than what they’re going to do Friday night.
理查兹说，“许多人在获得实习职位前都度过一段艰难的日子。因为他们在走每一步时，花在思考上的时间比周五晚考虑去哪里玩花的时间还少。”
Given a law of gravity and an assumption about how the matter is distributed, the next step is to work out the dynamics of the universe - how space and the matter in it evolves with time.
给出引力的作用规律和关于物质分布的假设后，下一步是得出宇宙的动力学规律——空间和质量如何与时间相互作用。

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