Having a foot in the door is a starting point, an opportunity.

" 取得初步的成功" 就是一个新的起点，一个机会。

Wouldn't explain a foot in the door.

但不包括在门上踹个脚印啊。

When you have a foot in the door, you have an opportunity to get inside a building.

当你把脚放在门上时，你就有机会进入建筑物内。

And once they developed their multi-armed, face-down body plan, starfish had a foot in the door.

一旦他们开发出多臂、面朝下的身体计划，海星就踏入了大门。

And this has become a foot in the door for this historic bipartisan interest in protecting kids online.

这已成为两党保护网络儿童这一历史性利益的基础。

When Ali and his father go uptown to find gardening work, Ali's father is so intimated by the wealth and status of their potential employers… that he fails to get a foot in the door.

当阿里和父亲到镇上去找园工的活计时，父亲由于受到了潜在客户的财富和地位的震慑… … 以至于他没敢迈出第一步跑。

While there may be a foot in the door, tech platforms are trying to slam it shut as fast as they can, which is perhaps a sign of how seriously they take the threat.

虽然可能有人已经迈出了第一步，但科技平台正试图尽快将其关上，这或许表明了他们对这一威胁的重视程度。