port of entry
port of entry — 名詞
1. a harbour, airport, or border station where customs officials inspect foreign go
通關口岸
進口貨物報關的地點
a harbour, airport, or border station where customs officials inspect foreign goods and admit them into the country after duties are paid
Yumi's shipment of ceramics arrived at the port of entry in Kaohsiung for inspection.
Yumi 的一批陶瓷抵達高雄的通關口岸接受檢查。
at + port of entry + location
Wei's shipment of laptop batteries was held at the port of entry in Rotterdam for additional safety checks.
Wei 的一批筆電電池在鹿特丹的通關口岸因額外安全檢查而被扣留。
at the port of entry in + location
Durban port of entry officer Adisa flagged a manifest error, delaying steel cargo two days.
德班通關口岸官員 Adisa 發現貨物清單有誤，導致鋼材貨運延誤兩天。
Trucks carrying Chilean grapes waited at the San Antonio port of entry for clearance documents while inspectors checked for pests.
載運智利葡萄的卡車在聖安東尼奧的通關口岸等待清關文件，檢驗員同時檢查是否有病蟲害。
Tariq's trading company chose Vancouver as their main port of entry for Asian electronics due to fast customs processing.
Tariq 的貿易公司因通關效率高而選擇溫哥華作為亞洲電子產品的主要通關口岸。
- customs checkpoint
narrower — specifically the inspection station, not the entire location
- inbound port
more technical; used in logistics and shipping documents
文法句型
port of entry + (prepositional phrase)
用法筆記
Frequently preceded by a preposition (at, through, to) and often modified by adjectives like 'designated', 'main', or 'first'. The focus is on customs procedures for merchandise, not people.
常見錯誤
2. an airport, seaport, or land border crossing where travellers show their documen
入境口岸
旅客入境時接受檢查的地點
an airport, seaport, or land border crossing where travellers show their documents and are officially allowed to enter a country
Mira showed her passport at the port of entry upon arriving at LAX.
Mira 一抵達 LAX，就在入境口岸出示了她的護照。
at the port of entry upon arriving
Aiko declared the box of mochi at the port of entry in San Francisco and the inspector waved her through.
Aiko 在舊金山的入境口岸申報了一盒麻糬，海關檢查員讓她通過了。
declared + [item] + at the port of entry
The Nogales port of entry between Arizona and Mexico processes thirty thousand people daily, with two-hour peak waits.
位於亞利桑那州和墨西哥邊界的諾加萊斯入境口岸每日處理三萬人次，尖峰時段等待約兩小時。
At the Vancouver port of entry, the officer asked Rohan about his visit and stamped a six-month visa.
在溫哥華的入境口岸，官員詢問了 Rohan 的來訪目的，並核發了六個月的簽證。
Syrian refugee families waited at the Turkish port of entry for their resettlement paperwork to be processed by UN officials.
敘利亞難民家庭在土耳其的入境口岸等待聯合國官員處理他們的重置安置文件。
- border crossing
more general; includes land borders between two countries
- checkpoint
less formal; can refer to any inspection point, not necessarily international
- point of entry
synonymous but less common in official documents
文法句型
port of entry + (prepositional phrase)
用法筆記
The subject is usually a traveller or an immigration officer. Unlike sense 1, this sense deals with human entry — passports, visas, and immigration status rather than cargo duties.