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.
Perhaps in those days I was. Pierre and I did have a very good time at the ball. But that was the last moment of happiness in our lives. That night everything changed.