Stepped cost
[经] 步增成本, 阶段成本, 阶梯成本
🧩 词语组成解析
v. 踏；行走（step的过去式和过去分词）
cost
[kɔst]
n. 价钱，代价;花费，费用;牺牲;[用复数][法律]诉讼费;
vi. 价钱为，花费;估计成本;
vt. 付出代价;估价;使丧失;使付出努力;
🗣️ 情景例句
You need to complete some forms before the class.
上课之前你得填一些表格。
I see your point, but I still can't agree with you.
我明白你的意思，但我仍然不能同意你。
This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the'happy few' during the past centuries.
这说明，经过了多么漫长的时间之后，我们才认识到，有必要确保我们的孩子享有多少个世纪以来由‘少数幸运者’所积累起来的知识。