gateway

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1. [countableC]DH the opening in a fence, wall etc that can be closed by a gate 〔栅栏或围墙上的〕出入口，大门口

2 gateway to something

a) REACHWAY/ROUTEa place, especially a city, that you can go through in order to reach another much bigger place 通向〔更大地区〕的门户

St. Louis is the gateway to the West.

圣路易斯是通往西部的门户。

b) WAY/METHODa way of achieving something 途径，手段

To me a home in the country is a gateway to happiness.

对我来说，乡间有个家就是通往幸福之路。

3. TD[countableC] a way of connecting two computer networks 〔连接两个计算机网络的〕网关

Examples from the Corpus

gateway• Aeromanager features a gateway to Enginedatacenter.com, a new data systems and solutions service.• Screening routers and application gateway firewalls are frequently used in combination when security concerns are very high.• Tables are installed at gateways and usually comprise distinctive paving materials.• London's Heathrow Airport is the dominant gateway in Europe.• Prices for the enhanced gateways begin at £1,750, but there is no word yet on upgrade prices for existing users.• The Chamber of Commerce billed the village as the gateway to the Catskills.• No complete buildings are intact, but there are extensive remains in walling, gateways, arches and in tombs.• You want me to be your gateway to another world?

From Longman Business Dictionary

gatewaygate·way /ˈgeɪt-weɪ/ noun [countableC]

1COMMERCEsomething that gives a person, company or country the opportunity to do something successfully or make progress in some way

gateway to/into/between

The British are heading for Texas in an attempt to open a gateway to Mexico’s potentially huge markets.

Hong Kong is a criticaleconomic gateway between the mainland and the outside world.

2COMPUTING a device on a computer that makes it possible to connect it to another computer of a different type or on a different NETWORKSYN ROUTER

Email gateways already connect various US networks to a growing global infrastructure.

Internet gateways

3British EnglishBrELAW in Britain, arrangements that allow companies to do things that would not normally be allowed. Gateways mainly relate to the RESTRICTIVE TRADES PRACTICES ACT

The regional unemployment gateway was successfully pleaded, where it was argued that sales restrictions would increase unemployment in the area.

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