passport: 通往（实现，达到）……的保障，获得…的手段和方式,可替换 key, ticket
A is a passport/ticket/ the key to B（注意是a passport/ticket to, the key to）
see/regard/consider A as a passport to B
（注意：A 与 B均为名词）
1.Excellent English is a passport to many dream jobs in China.
2.For some African young people, football is a passport/ticket/the key to a better life.
3.Many parents and high school students regard China’s college entrance examination as a passport to a successful life.
4.A decreasing number of young people consider an urban hukou to be a passport to a decent life.
urban hukou城市户口
5.Chinese have long seen education as a passport to success, and it is not just the super-rich who have the aspiration or means to send their offspring abroad to attend university.
翻译：
人才是任何城市通往繁荣的必备手段。
For any city, talent is a passport to prosperity.
场景：努力是成功的唯一途径。
造句：Hard work is the only passport to success.
an entry ticket to: 是…入场券;是…的敲门砖，是…的条件或手段
In the standard model of higher education, people go to university in their 20s: a degree is an entry ticket to the professional classes.
按照高等教育的标准模式，人们在20多岁上大学：学位是进入职场的敲门砖。
Honesty / Integrity is an entry ticket to future success.
诚信 / 正直是未来成功的敲门砖。
Self-dependence / Diligence / Perseverance is an entry to your academic / career success.
自立 / 勤奋 / 坚持是取得学业/职场成功的敲门砖。
表示“方法或手段”，除了a passport/ ticket to，
还可以用open sesame，比如：
A university degree isn't always an open sesame to a good job.
大学学位并非总是获得一份好工作的敲门砖。
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