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revolving door

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ldoce_284_areˌvolving ˈdoor noun  1. TB[countable] a type of door in the entrance of a large building, which goes around and around as people go through it 旋转门5  See picture of REVOLVING DOOR 旋转门4  See picture of 见图 revolving door2 [singular] used to say that the people involved in a situation, organization etc change often 频繁的人员流动 The park director position has been a revolving door for seven appointees. 公园主管一职已经接连换了七个人。3 ldoce_284.png [singular] used to say that people return to a situation, position etc often, but usually for a different reason 旋转门〔用于表示常常有人出于另外的原因而回到某种情形或某个位置〕 This could mean that we end up with a revolving door Congress, in which former members return as lobbyists. 这可能意味着我们的国会最后成了一道旋转门,前任议员再度返回,摇身一变成了说客。
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revolving doorTerm limits could mean that we end up with a revolving door Congress, in which former members return as lobbyists.Under Treadwell, the Drifters were hired hands to be ushered in and out of his revolving door.She joins a government-media revolving door.She walked through the revolving door into the lobby.The revolving door between government and think-tanks is well-established.The revolving door has begun to rotate.
reˌvolving ˈdoor nounChineseSyllable
Corpus of entrance a in the door type


revolving door
reˌvolving ˈdoor noun
1. [countable] a type of door in the entrance of a large building, which goes around and around as people go through it
2. [singular] used to say that the people involved in a situation, organization etc change often:
    The park director position has been a revolving door for seven appointees.
3. [singular] used to say that people return to a situation, position etc often, but usually for a different reason:
    This could mean that we end up with a revolving door Congress, in which former members return as lobbyists.


revolving doorBrE /rɪˌvɒlvɪŋ ˈdɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /rɪˌvɔːlvɪŋ ˈdɔːr/ 🔊, /rɪˌvɑːlvɪŋ ˈdɔːr/ 🔊 nouna type of door in an entrance to a large building that turns around in a circle as people go through it 旋转门used to talk about a place or an organization that people enter and then leave again very quickly 中转站(指人们进入后很快又离开的地方或机构)The company became a revolving-door workplace. 这家公司成了工作的中转站。🔊🔊