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单词 doorstep
释义
doorstep
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɔː.step/us
/ˈdɔːr.step/

doorstepnoun[C](STEP)

astepinfrontof anoutsidedoor:
（门前的）台阶
Heleftthepackageonthe doorstep.他把包裹留在了门前的台阶上。
picture of doorstep
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Parts of buildings: stairs & lifts
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  • drag lift
  • dumb waiter
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  • escalator
  • fire escape
  • flight
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  • lift
  • rope ladder
  • rung
  • stair
  • staircase
  • stairlift
  • step
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doorstepnoun[C](BREAD)

UK
a verythickpieceofbread
厚面包片
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  • crumpet
  • crust
  • hot cross bun
  • iced bun
  • injera
  • johnnycake
  • kaiser roll
  • pitta
  • poppadom
  • pretzel
  • pumpernickel
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Idiom

onsomeone'sdoorstep
doorstep
verb
UK
uk
/ˈdɔː.step/us
/ˈdɔːr.step/
-pp-
[Toften passive]disapproving
If you are doorstepped byjournalists, they come toyourhouseandaskyou tospeakoranswerquestions,evenif you do notwantthem to:
强行上门采访
Hecomplainedabout being doorstepped by thepress.他对报社记者强行上门采访颇有微词。
[IorT]
to go to everyhousein aparticularareasellingsomething oraskingforsupport
挨家挨户兜售（募捐、拉选票等）
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  • enquire
  • inquire withinidiom
  • interviewer
  • pin
  • putsomeonetosomethingidiom
  • Q, q
  • reinterview
  • resurvey
  • retest
  • rhetorical question
  • roll
  • survey
  • the third degreeidiom
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(Definition ofdoorstepfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

doorstep| American Dictionary

doorstep
noun[C]
us
/ˈdɔrˌstep,ˈdoʊr-/
astepoutsidethedoorto abuilding:
fig.We need to be moreproactiveandseekoutdangersbefore they’reonourdoorstep(= too near to beignored).
(Definition ofdoorstepfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdoorstep

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All of them stressed that on sales floors, at consumers' doorsteps, in purchasing agents' offices, acting was just as necessary as on the stage.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Constituency activists mailed party literature to local voters; distributed leaflets and posters from door to door; and canvassed voters on their doorsteps.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Let me now turn to my second major group of priorities for the 1970s: those which lie on our owndoorstep.
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As evidenced by the negative and significant coefficient on the political information variable, response instability in ideological self-placement reflects uncertaindoorstepopinions about ideology.
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To some extent, this may reflect the relative visibility ofdoorstepas opposed to telephone canvassing.
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Earlier they were up there at the cowshed there, but now he feeds them on thedoorstepdown here.
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Studies also bear out that people are the most effective disseminators of know-how, and that hardware just dropped on thedoorstepis the least effective.
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We do not know which occurred first: the telephone or thedoorstepcanvass.
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One major difference between thedoorstepand telephone canvass equations, however, is in the relationships with campaign spending.
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A wild midnight gallop lands her on the verydoorstepof her ancestral home, and the fun and games commence.
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Secondly,doorstepcanvassing in particular is probably an underestimate of exposure to the local campaign.
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Local campaigns have traditionally relied on local volunteers engaged ondoorstepactivity, therefore.
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However, exposure to the telephone canvass did not have as much impact on chances of being canvassed on thedoorstep.
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I readily concede that it was not the first issue that was raised on the doorsteps of my new constituency.
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Can we afford to go on ignoring this natural resource which is right on our very doorsteps?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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