当表示“......的入口”时,最常见的用法是 the entrance to :
1. The entrance to the hall is on your right. 大厅的人口在你的右方。
2. The entrance to the cave had been blocked up. 山洞的人口已堵塞。
3. She was sitting at the entrance to the museum. 她坐在博物馆的入口处。
但是,当说话者把 the entrance 看作是某个事物的一部分时,也可以使用 the entrance of 。例如:
1. In the end we got back to the entrance of the forest, but we did not see Sun Yan. 最后,我们回到了森林的入口处,但是我们没看到孙尧。
2. The explosion did a good deal of damage to the entrance of the building. 爆炸对建筑物的人口造成了很大破坏。
(以上摘自赵振才:《英语常见问题解答大词典》增订版第五版p.436)