doormat
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++door·mat /ˈdɔːmæt $ ˈdɔːr-/ noun [countable] 1. DHHa piece of material inside or outside a door for you to clean your shoes on 〔门口的〕擦鞋垫,门口地垫2 informalTREAT/BEHAVE TOWARDS someone who lets other people treat them badly and never complains 逆来顺受的人,出气筒,受气包 Don’t let him treat you like a doormat. 别让他把你当出气筒来欺负。
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doormat• If you hadn't been a doormat you wouldn't have been trodden on - that's what doormats are for.• Make sure he doesn't treat you like a doormat.• A doormat for that bullying old harridan to wipe her feet on.• In a matter of seconds, I went from being the class doormat to class hero.• There was a letter on the front doormat bearing his name, manually typed.• Fiona was determined that she would be nobody's doormat.• Let him realise one thing: she might be poor, but she was nobody's doormat!• The key is under the doormat.treat ... like a doormat• You can't force him to act responsibly but you can make sure he doesn't treat you like a doormat.door·mat nounChineseSyllable
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doormat
door‧mat /ˈdɔːmæt $ ˈdɔːr-/
noun [countable]
1. a piece of material inside or outside a door for you to clean your shoes on
2. informal someone who lets other people treat them badly and never complains:
Don’t let him treat you like a doormat.
door‧mat /ˈdɔːmæt $ ˈdɔːr-/
noun [countable]1. a piece of material inside or outside a door for you to clean your shoes on
2. informal someone who lets other people treat them badly and never complains: