gateway
n
1 way in and out that can be closed by a gate or gates 大门口
Don't stand there blocking the gateway! 别站在那儿挡著门口!
2 (usu sing 通常作单数) ~ to sth (fig 比喻)
(a) place through which one must go to reach somewhere else 门径; 关口
The port of Dover is England's gateway to Europe. 多佛港是英国进入欧洲的大门.
(b) means of gaining sth desired 方法; 手段; 途径
A good education can be the gateway to success. 良好的教育是通往成功之路.
What do you want to do next September? Do you have any plans?
你今年9月打算干什么?你有什么计划吗?
Let me think. Maybe I could ask Jeanne. She married a man with a lot of money. I'll go and see her on Friday after I get the new dress.
我想想看。或许我可以去问问让娜。她嫁给了一位很有钱的男人。等我买好新衣服,星期五就去看她。
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;