踏み台

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説

ふみだい【踏み台】

I 〔足台〕a stool; 〔脚立〕a stepladder

• 踏み台に乗る
  climb [get] up on a stool

II 〔手段〕

• 同僚を踏み台にして出世をはかった
  He made his colleague a steppingstone toward his own promotion.／He tried to achieve distinction at the expense of his colleague.

出典｜小学館