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

• 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）。
• From reporters on doorsteps to editors reporting to proprietors with political backing, there were pernicious incentives.
  不管是大门口的记者，还是直接向拥有政治背景的财主汇报的编辑，均存在有害的激励机制。
• 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。
• 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 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！
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• Editors cannot settle for an online replica of what is delivered to people's doorsteps every morning, fortt cautioned.
  编辑不能将一个每天送到人们家门口的东西做成在线复制品，福特提醒说。
• 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