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

• Unlike history or philosophy departments, business schools must bridge the gap between business and academia, and the place to do that is on the doorsteps of global companies.
  与历史系和哲学系不同，商学院必须在商业与学术之间架起桥梁，而要发挥这样的作用，最合适的位置就是紧邻全球性公司。
• Bundles of flowers were put before the doorsteps.
  一束束鲜花放在门阶前。走上台阶到门口去。
• Rain drops were spattering on the doorsteps.
  雨点洒落在门阶上。
• 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。
• The wind blew away each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps!
  我把羽毛一放在台阶上，风就把它们吹跑了！
• It allows women to collect fresh and unpolluted water on their doorsteps rather than being forced to trek many frustrating miles.
  使妇女可在家门口收集新鲜、未污染的水，而不必跋涉许多里路。
• 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
• 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 doorsteps and thresholds with the early grass springing up about them;
  那台阶和门槛，以及周围早早破土而出的青草；
• Was dreaming of his doorsteps and empty hogsheads.
  都在缅怀他从前睡觉的台阶和那些大空桶。