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N-COUNT
門階
A doorstep is a step in front of a door on the outside of a building.
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VERB
(記者)登門采訪，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.
例句
The newspaper contacted his grandmother to trace his present address, and later doorstepped him at his home.
報(bào)紙聯(lián)系了他祖母，查到了他現(xiàn)在的住址后便前往登門采訪。
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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.
例句
It is all too easy to lose sight of what is happening on our own doorstep...
我們很容易無視身邊之事。
They have to put up with a giant oil refinery right on their doorstep.
他們不得不忍受就在家門口的巨型煉油廠。