亚洲网紅露点

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gatekeeper

[ geyt-kee-per ]

noun

  1. a person in charge of a gate, usually to identify, count, supervise, etc., the traffic that flows through it.
  2. a person or thing that controls access, as to information, often acting as an arbiter of quality or legitimacy: An open internet allows innovators to bypass traditional gatekeepers and promote their work on its own merit. Compare influencer ( def 2 ).

    Treating office gatekeepers with respect will improve your chances of scheduling a face-to-face meeting or job interview.

    An open internet allows innovators to bypass traditional gatekeepers and promote their work on its own merit.

  3. a guardian; monitor:

    the gatekeepers of Western culture.



gatekeeper

/ 藞伞别瑟迟藢办颈藧辫蓹 /

noun

  1. a person who has charge of a gate and controls who may pass through it
  2. any of several Eurasian butterflies of the genus Pyronia, esp P. tithonus, having brown-bordered orange wings with a black-and-white eyespot on each forewing: family Satyridae
  3. a manager in a large organization who controls the flow of information, esp to parent and subsidiary companies
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gatekeeper1

First recorded in 1565鈥75; in 1905鈥10 gatekeeper fordefs 2, 3; gate 1 + keeper
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Perhaps the French gatekeepers had in mind their own storied history of obsessives-turned-filmmakers like Fran莽ois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard and took a shine to the deeply ingrained movie-ness of it all.

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And unlike its conservative counterpart, it is too often tethered to party elites, hesitant to challenge institutional Democratic power, and still operating as if gatekeepers hold the same influence they did 30 years ago.

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鈥淭hat titling process is, really, the gatekeeper to access to mortgages,鈥 Siegel told Salon.

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But what drove Dylan to that other pole, to meld folk with upstart rock to the extreme chagrin of its gatekeepers?

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Trusting billionaires and tech companies to act as gatekeepers of truth has not protected democracy; it has endangered it.

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