advance by gradations(/stages); follow in order and advance step bystep; make steady progress; proceed in an orderly way and step by step
❍ 她通常是从一个角度写，而不是从几个角度写；还只是～地写，而不是错综交叉地写。(茅盾《怎样评价 〈青春之歌〉？》) Usually she wrote from one angle,not several angles; she only wrote by following an orderly sequence,not by intricate plots.
循序渐进
advance step by step;make gradual progress;proceed in an orderly and gradually way
机制的建设应是～的过程。The establishment of the mechanism should be a gradual process./在～中不断突破pursue an incremental approach that yields steady progress/～，协商一致seek gradual progress and build consensus/～的教学方法progressive teaching method/～原则 principle of gradualism
循序渐进xún xù jiàn jìn
循：沿着，按照。按照次序逐步向前。follow in order and advance step by step, make steady progress, learn to run before you leap