doorsteps

英 [ˈdɔːsteps]

美 [ˈdɔːrsteps]

n. 门阶; (常用以做三明治的)厚面包片
v. (记者)登门采访，蹲守
doorstep的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

门阶
Adoorstepis a step in front of a door on the outside of a building.
VERB (记者)登门采访，蹲守
When journalistsdoorstepsomeone, they go to their home and try to get an interview or photographs, even when the person does not want to talk to them.
1. 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 isonyourdoorstep, it is very near to where you live. If something happensonyourdoorstep, it happens very close to where you live.
1. 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。
2. 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。