doorsteps

英 [ˈdɔːsteps]

美 [ˈdɔːrsteps]

n.  门阶; (常用以做三明治的)厚面包片
v.  (记者)登门采访，蹲守
doorstep的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 门阶
  Adoorstepis a step in front of a door on the outside of a building.
• VERB (记者)登门采访，蹲守
  When journalistsdoorstepsomeone, they go to their home and try to get an interview or photographs, even when the person does not want to talk to them.
  1. The newspaper contacted his grandmother to trace his present address, and later doorstepped him at his home.
     报纸联系了他祖母，查到了他现在的住址后便前往登门采访。
• PHRASE 在…住所近旁
  If a place isonyourdoorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happensonyourdoorstep, it happens very close to where you live.
  1. It is all too easy to lose sight of what is happening on our own doorstep...
     我们很容易无视身边之事。
  2. They have to put up with a giant oil refinery right on their doorstep.
     他们不得不忍受就在家门口的巨型炼油厂。

双语例句

• First, Americans have become intolerant of large, polluting industrial plants on their doorsteps.
  首先，美国人已经不能容忍在其家门口建立大型污染工厂。
• Rain drops were spattering on the doorsteps. press ( down) the accelerator of a car
  雨点洒落在门阶上。踩（下）汽车的油门
• With their camels and their servants and their rich clothes and their golden rings and the bright colors of their turbans, they were a sight which brought all the village to its wondering doorsteps.
  带着骆驼、仆人，穿着华丽的衣服，戴着金戒指，还有头巾的明亮颜色，他们是一道风景，把村庄里所有人引到了惊奇的门槛。
• Network for the retail trade, information transmission and settlement offers unprecedented convenience and network sales, Consumer doorsteps, we can complete the process of shopping.
  网络为零售交易的信息传递和支付结算提供了前所未有的便利，在网络销售方式下，消费者足不出户，便可以完成购物过程。
• The children and the old people came out to the doorsteps for the bishop as for the sun.
  孩子和老人都为主教而走到大门口来，有如迎接阳光。
• Bringing Quality Education to the Doorsteps of Filipino Learners: Experiences at the University of the Philippines Open University
  高质量的远程教育：菲律宾大学开放大学的经验
• It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in this civilized area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps.
  在这个文明地区竟然发现有些小的盗窃行为，特别是有人从门口台阶上偷牛奶瓶。
• By the time the inevitable court battles are resolved, the waves may be lapping at our doorsteps.
  到了不可避免的诉讼战得到解决时，海浪拍打可能会在我们家门口。
• Virtually all Japanese newspapers are delivered by agents who work on commission, frequently turning up on doorsteps to collect money.
  实际上日本所有的报纸都是由代理商发送。代理商按业绩提成，忙忙碌碌在门口台阶上收钱。
• Today, though, the job of college president is less and less removed from that of the Avon lady ( except the house calls are made to the doorsteps of wealthy alums).
  然而，今天大学校长的差事与雅芳小姐的工作差别越来越小了（除登门拜访有钱的校友外）。