door
n. 門; 出入口,門口; 住戶,人家
A door is a piece of wood, glass, or metal, which is moved to open and close the entrance to a building, room, cupboard, or vehicle.
I knocked at the front door, but there was no answer...
我敲了敲前門,沒有人應。
The policeman opened the door and looked in...
警察開啟門朝裡面看。
A door is the space in a wall when a door is open.
She looked through the door of the kitchen. Her daughter was at the stove.
她從廚房門口朝裡看,發現女兒站在爐子旁。
The door is the entrance to a large building such as a shop, hotel, or theatre.
He entered Harrods by the main door...
他從正門進入了哈羅德商場。
The queues at the door wound around the building.
門口的隊伍繞了大樓一圈。
Doors is used in expressions such as a few doors down or three doors up to refer to a place that is a particular number of buildings away from where you are.
Mrs Cade's house was only a few doors down from her daughter's apartment.
凱德夫人的房子和她女兒的公寓就隔了幾戶人家。
When you answer the door, you go and open the door because a visitor has knocked on it or rung the bell.
Carol answered the door as soon as I knocked.
我一敲門,卡蘿爾就來開了。
If you say that someone gets or does something by the back door or through the back door, you are criticizing them for doing it secretly and unofficially.
The government would not allow anyone to sneak in by the back door and seize power by force...
政府不會允許任何人偷偷混進來並用暴力攫取政權。
They claim the Government is privatising dentistry through the back door.
他們聲稱政府正透過不正當的手段將牙醫業私有化。
If someone closes the door on something, they stop thinking about it or dealing with it.
We never close the door on a successful series.
我們從不把成功的系列節目拒之門外。
If people have talks and discussions behind closed doors, they have them in private because they want them to be kept secret.
...decisions taken in secret behind closed doors.
背地裡秘密作出的決定
If someone goes from door to door or goes door to door, they go along a street calling at each house in turn, for example selling something.
They are going from door to door collecting money from civilians.
他們挨家挨戶地向百姓收錢。
...a door-to-door salesman...
上門推銷員
If you talk about a distance or journey from door to door or door to door, you are talking about the distance from the place where the journey starts to the place where it finishes.
...tickets covering the whole journey from door to door...
全程票
Flying out on Friday from Gatwick it took seven hours door-to-door.
星期五從蓋特威克起飛全程需要 7 個小時。
If you say that something helps someone to get their foot in the door or their toe in the door, you mean that it gives them an opportunity to start doing something new, usually in an area that is difficult to succeed in.
The bondholding may help the firm get its foot in the door to win the business...
債券的持有可能是有助於該公司贏得業務的第一步。
The Philips deal also gives Sparc a foot in the door of a new market — consumer electronics.
與飛利浦公司的交易也使斯巴克得以進入一個新市場——消費類電子產品。
If someone shuts the door in your face or slams the door in your face, they refuse to talk to you or give you any information.
Did you say anything to him or just shut the door in his face?
你跟他說什麼了嗎,還是直接給了他個閉門羹?
If you lay something at someone'sdoor, you blame them for an unpleasant event or situation.
I'm notsure his death can be laid at medicine's door alone...
我不確信他的死亡單單是藥物所致。
The blame is generally laid at the door of the government.
通常譴責的矛頭都會指向政府。
If someone or something opens the door to a good new idea or situation, they introduce it or make it possible.
This book opens the door to some of the most exciting findings in solid-state physics...
這本書介紹了固態物理中一些最激動人心的發現。
Researchers are pushing back the frontiers and opening doors to reveal why things happen and how things work.
研究者們拓展了其研究領域,介紹並揭示了事物發生的原因和機理。
When you are out of doors, you are not inside a building, but in the open air.
The weather was fine enough for working out of doors.
天氣太好了,適合戶外工作。
If you see someone to the door, you go to the door with a visitor when they leave.
If someone shows you the door, they ask you to leave because they are angry with you.
Would they forgive and forget — or show him the door?
他們會既往不咎嗎——還是會對他下逐客令呢?
1. a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle;
2. the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close;
3. anything providing a means of access (or escape);
4. a structure where people live or work (usually ordered along a street or road);
5. a room that is entered via a door;
gate, door
這兩個名詞都有"門"的意思。
as one door closes, another opens
(諺)一扇門關閉的同時,另一扇門又開啟了;不應該為失敗所挫,因為還會有別的機會出現
at the door
當事情臨近(而非提前)
close (或 shut) the door on (或 to)
拒之門外;排除…的機會
(from) door to door
旅行從開始到結束
挨家挨戶推銷(或宣傳)
lay something at someone's door
將…歸責於
on the door
看門
open the door to
為…開啟大門;為…創造機會
out of doors
在(或去)戶外
at (one's) door
職責:在某人的責任範圍之內
close the door on 或 shut the door on
拒絕:使沒有可能
leave the door open
保留可能性
show (someone) the door【非正式用語】
攆出:把(某人)趕出某建築物
不再僱傭;解僱
If you close that door, you can shut the noise in.
你要是關上那扇門, 就聽不到吵鬧聲了.
Braving the biting wind, she went out to beg from door to door.
她不顧寒風刺骨, 出去挨門乞討.
There was an insistent knock on my door.
我聽到一陣急促的敲門聲.
The door blew open.
門刮開了.
The door won't fit ; you'll have to file it down.
這門關不上, 你得把它銼一銼.