staging post

英 [ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ pəʊst]

美 [ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ poʊst]

n.  中途站(或机场、停靠码头)

牛津词典

noun

• 中途站（或机场、停靠码头）
  a place where people, planes, ships, etc. regularly stop during a long journey

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (长途旅行中供休息或补给用的)中途站，补给站
  Astaging poston a long journey is a place where people who are making that journey usually stop, for example to rest or to get new supplies.
  1. The island is a staging-post for many visiting yachts on their way south.
     该岛是很多观光游艇南行途中的一个补给站。
• N-COUNT 预备阶段(或行动)
  If you describe an action or achievement as astaging post, you mean that it helps you reach a particular goal that you have.
  1. Privatisation is a necessary staging post to an open market.
     私有化是通向公开市场的一个必要的预备阶段。

双语例句

• But rather than being a staging post for recovery, the conference collapsed.
  但尚未成为经济复苏的预备站，会议就破裂了。
• Conclusion: T staging of tumor and radiation for anterior field of the nose had relation with post radiotherapy sinusitis.
  结论：肿瘤的T分期、鼻前野照射与放疗后鼻窦炎的发生有关；
• All the prospective candidates were told the bank was looking for an executive vice-chairman as a staging post to the chairmanship, say people familiar with the matter.
  知情人士称，所有潜在候选人均被告知，该行正在寻找一名执行副董事长，作为接替董事长职位的候选人。
• Some experts argue that the value of the ISS has never been in its contribution to science, nor even as a staging post for exploring space.
  一些专家认为，国际空间站的价值从来就不是其对科学作出的贡献，甚至也不是作为探索太空的中转站。
• Hong Kong is often used as a staging post on flights from Melbourne to london.
  香港通常被用作从墨尔本到伦敦的航班中转站。
• It used to be something of a no-go area, a stalking ground for prostitutes, smugglers and drug traffickers, but has since reinvented itself as a chic, if grimy, staging post for holidaymakers to Asia.
  这里曾被视为某种禁区，是妓女、走私贩和毒品贩出没的地方，不过自此以后，已自我改造成亚洲度假者的时髦补给站，只是有些肮脏。
• Bali was by necessity a staging post. Its ambitions must be realised.
  巴厘岛会议必然是一个中途站，其抱负一定要实现。
• Privatisation is a necessary staging post to an open market.
  私有化是通向公开市场的一个必要的预备阶段。