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Doorstep Live 英[ˈdɔ:Step 美[ˈdɔrstep N.门阶;厚三明治或面包;V.上门访问 N Count 门阶 Step

单词 doorstep
音标
英[ˈdɔ:step] 美[ˈdɔrstep]
解释
n.门阶;厚三明治或面包;v.上门访问;
例句

N-COUNT
门阶
A doorstep is a step in front of a door on the outside of a building.

VERB
(记者)登门采访,蹲守
When journalists doorstep someone, they go to their home and try to get an interview or photographs, even when the person does not want to talk to them.
例: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 is on your doorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happens on your doorstep, it happens very close to where you live.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:doorsteps~done:doorstepped~pl:doorsteps~ing:doorstepping~past:doorstepped~

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