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

• 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；
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• I am indignant at the actions of the US spy plane crashing our plane right at our doorsteps.
  我对美国侦察机在我国国门之下撞毁我方飞机的行动感到气愤。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。