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doorstep
UK ['dɔ:.step] US ['dɔ:r-] noun countable
STEP 台阶
■a step in front of an outside door （门前的）台阶•Don't keep her on the doorstep (= outside the door) , Jamie, invite her in.别让她在门口站着了，杰米，请她进来吧。
UK ['dɔ:.step] US ['dɔ:r-] noun countable
BREAD 面包 UK a very thick piece of bread 厚面包片
UK ['dɔ:.step] US ['dɔ:r-] noun countable
on sb's doorstep informal
■very close to where someone is or lives 靠近（某人）；在（某人）家附近•There's a lovely park right on our doorstep.离我们住处不远有个很漂亮的公园。
UK ['dɔ:.step] US ['dɔ:r-] verb (-pp-)
transitive often passive UK disapproving
■If you are doorstepped by journalists , they come to your house and ask you to speak or answer questions, even if you do not want them to 强行上门采访•He complained about being doorstepped by the press.他对报社记者强行上门采访颇有微词。 intransitive or transitive
■to go to every house in a particular area selling something or asking for support （某一地区）每家每户进行推销或寻求支持 |