foot in the door

常見例句

That foot-in-the-door at the company where you want to work isn't going to come from your best friends--your strong ties--or you would already be working there.
假如你想去某家公司工作，這個職業(yè)機會絕對不會來自你的摯友（即強關(guān)系），否則你早就進去工作了不是么。
And so in front of a gathering of hard-headed journalists and foot-in-the-door reporters, Beckham spoke with grace and assurance in accepting his award on Sunday.
于是周日面對一群固執(zhí)的報人和得寸進尺的記者，貝克漢姆優(yōu)雅自信的致辭，接受由過去十年間不斷質(zhì)詢他的同一批人頒發(fā)的獎杯。
A trivial but instructive example is the foot-in-the-door technique. This is where an influencer asks you to agree to a small request before asking for a bigger one.
一個小例子是“伸腳卡門”技巧——意見領(lǐng)袖想讓你答應(yīng)一個大一點的要求之前，先誘使你同意一個小小的要求。

In foot-in-the-door, the salesman asks for a little commitment (the foot in the door), followed by a larger commitment (the salesman squeezes through the door).
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So gaming would be the foot-in-the-door for a lot of people.
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Without the writing, no foot-in-the-door job in John F.
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