原地踏步，故步自封英文怎講？

”原地踏步”在英文裏其實是有一個片語是這個意思，叫：mark time








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1. 原地踏步;無進展;躊躇不前
而”故步自封”是說人不願進步，做事不知改進，態度過於消極保守
英文可說成：too conservative to progress(直譯：太保守以致不能進步）
e.g. He will be eliminated from competition, because he is too conservative to progress.（他定在競爭中被淘汰，因他太故步自封）

原地踏步 - Stand still
故步自封 - Block your own way

The in-situ steps, stick to established ways

原地踏步，故步自封 可譯作 making no progress, be very conservative
亦可用 in a rut 去形容一個人或一間公司
例如 :
He is in a real rut.
Old firms get into a rut sometimes.

2007-06-07 12:31:32 補充：
(If someone is in a rut, he has fixed ways of thinking and doing things, which prevent him from making any progress.)

原地踏步/故步自封 = to choose to stay in the old rut
or to be complacent and conservative