| 词汇 | house-to-house |
| 释义 | house-to-house adjective[ before noun ], adverb uk /ˌhaʊs.təˈhaʊs/ us /ˌhaʊs.təˈhaʊs/ going to every house, or from one house to the next, in a particular area or road: 挨家挨户的 Police are making house-to-house enquiries.警察正进行挨家挨户的调查。 Synonym door-to-door Visiting attraction beard the lion (in his/her den)idiom been call (in) on someone call by exchange happen happen along/by (somewhere) haunt have access to someone/something homestay pay pop regular round stay stomping ground stop by (somewhere) stop in stop off somewhere Examples of house-to-househouse-to-house Through regular house-to-house visitation the female agents became familiar with the women in their district. They even conducted house-to-house searches through poor neighborhoods, looking for salt that had been purchased in violation of the royal salt monopoly (gabelles) that the tax farmers operated. This included how to conduct house calls, and house-to-house surveys, how to take persistent refusal, how to 'gender' one's appeal, and how to close the sale. I quite agree, when a house-to-house call is made it is probable that you often get the answer which is desired. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The house-to-house delivery has been suspended, with the concurrence of the parish council, in order to afford the postmen a weekly half holiday. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So provision has been made for collectors in these competitions to be exempted from the house-to-house legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was carried out by the local registration authorities in the form of a census or house-to-house visitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We also make use of the house-to-house direct method of selling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I venture to say if it had not been for the house-to-house canvass not one of these children would have left the council school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Within 24 hours there were house-to-house collections going on for the dependants of those people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would have liked to see house-to-house collections for charitable purposes entirely prohibited. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If something happens quickly, the police cannot get round on anything like a house-to-house basis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 85 is intended to prevent what is commonly known, especially in some of the more popular papers, as the house-to-house offering of shares. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another suggestion was made that it would involve house-to-house visitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This has been achieved by a combination of house-to-house inquiries and the usual returns from the occupiers of premises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of house-to-house These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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