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指学习工作等按照一定的步骤逐渐深入或提高。
[follow in order and advance step by step;advance gradually in due order;follow in proper sequence and make steady progress] 按一定的顺序、步骤逐渐进步 但知下学而自然上达,此但自言其反己自修,循序渐进耳。——宋· 朱熹《四书集注》