4VERB (谨慎)行事 If you tread carefully, you behave in a careful or cautious way. (谨慎)行事
If you are hoping to form a new relationship tread carefully and slowly to begin with. [VERB adv.]
如果你希望建立新的关系,首先要慎重行事,不要着急。
There are three reasons for treading warily in such matters. [VERB adv.]
这种事情需要谨慎行事有 3 个原因。
5N-COUNT (台阶或楼梯的)梯面,踏板 The tread of a step or stair is its flat upper surface. (台阶或楼梯的)梯面,踏板
He walked up the stairs. The treads were covered with a kind of rubber and very quiet.
他走上楼梯。梯面上铺了一种橡胶,因此没有什么声响。
6N-VAR (轮胎胎面、鞋底的)花纹 The tread of a tyre or shoe is the pattern of thin lines cut into its surface that stops it slipping. (轮胎胎面、鞋底的)花纹
The fat, broad tyres had a good depth of tread.
这种宽大的轮胎有很深的胎面花纹。
7PHRASE 走钢丝般行事;小心地把握分寸 If someone is treading a fine line or path, they are acting carefully because they have to avoid making a serious mistake, especially in a situation where they have to deal with two opposing demands. 走钢丝般行事;小心地把握分寸
They have to tread the delicate path between informing children and boring them. [+ between]
他们既要让孩子们了解情况,又不能让他们产生厌烦情绪,不得不小心把握分寸。
The President will therefore have to tread a very fine line when he addresses the parliament.
因此,总统在向议会演讲时将不得不仔细拿捏分寸。
8PHRASE (以…方式)行事;走(…的)路子 If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way. (以…方式)行事;走(…的)路子
He continues to tread an unconventional path.
他还是不按传统方式行事。
Stylistically, Weller is treading a similar path to that of Lenny Kravitz.
在风格上,韦勒与伦尼·克拉维茨走着相似的路子。
9PHRASE 踩水 If someone who is in deep water treads water, they float in an upright position by moving their legs slightly. 踩水
10PHRASE 原地踏步;毫无进展 If you say that someone is treading water, you mean that they are in an unsatisfactory situation where they are not progressing, but are just continuing doing the same things. 原地踏步;毫无进展
I could either tread water until I was promoted, which looked to be a few years away, or I could change what I was doing.