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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• Rain drops were spattering on the doorsteps.
  雨点洒落在门阶上。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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）。