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单词 ground
释义 ground
[graʊnd] noun
LAND 陆地
the ground only singular
 ESSENTIAL 
■the surface of the Earth 地,地面
I sat down on the ground.我坐在地上。
 ESSENTIAL  uncountable
■soil 土;土壤;土地
soft/stony ground松软的/满是石头的土地
The ground was frozen hard and was impossible to dig.土地冻实了,根本挖不动。
countable
■an area of land used for a particular purpose or activity (有特殊用途的)地域,场地
a football ground足球场
grounds [plural]
■the gardens and land that surround a building and often have a wall or fence around them (常由墙或栅栏围起来的建筑物周围的)庭院,场地,花园
We went for a walk around the hospital grounds.我们在医院的院子里散步走了几圈。
[graʊnd] noun
CAUSE 原因
 ESSENTIAL  countable usually plural
■a reason, cause or argument 原因;根据;理由
She is suing the company on grounds of unfair dismissal.她正以公司不公正解雇她为由对其提起诉讼。
Do you have any ground for suspecting them?你有甚么证据怀疑他们?
[+ to infinitive] We have grounds to believe that you have been lying to us.我们有理由相信,你一直在对我们撒谎。
[+ that] He refused to answer on the grounds that she was unfairly dismissed.他以她被不正当解雇为由拒绝作出答覆。
[graʊnd] noun
AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 知识领域
 ADVANCED  uncountable
■an area of knowledge or experience; a subject (知识、经验等的)领域,范围;学科
When the conversation turns to politics he's on familiar ground (= he knows a lot about this subject).当谈话转向政治时,他便如鱼得水。
Once we'd found some common ground (= things we both knew about) we got on very well together.在找到一些共同语言之后,我们开始相处融洽了。
The lectures covered a lot of ground (= included information on many different subjects).这些演讲涵盖了众多学科的内容。
I enjoyed her first novel, but I felt in the second she was going over the same ground (= dealing with the same area of experience).我很喜欢她的第一部小说,但是我觉得她的第二部小说涉及的是同样的题材。
[graʊnd] noun
WIRE 电线
countable usually singular US for
earth (WIRE)
[graʊnd] noun
COFFEE 咖啡
grounds [plural]
■the small bits of coffee left at the bottom of a cup or other container that has had coffee in it 咖啡渣
⇒ See also grind
[graʊnd] noun
drive/work yourself into the ground
■to make yourself tired or ill by working too hard (拼命工作)使自己精疲力尽,把自己累垮
[graʊnd] noun
get (sth) off the ground
■If a plan or activity gets off the ground or you get it off the ground, it starts or succeeds (使)开始;(使)成功进行
A lot more money will be required to get this project off the ground.要启动这个工程,还需要大量的资金。
[graʊnd] noun
go/be run to ground
■to hide in order to escape someone or something following you 退隐;躲藏
He found the media attention intolerable and went to ground for several months.他觉得媒体的关注令他无法忍受,便躲起来几个月。
[graʊnd] noun
on the ground
■among the general public 在公众中;在普通百姓中
Their political ideas have a lot of support on the ground.他们的政治观点得到公众广泛支持。
[graʊnd] verb
GRIND 磨 past simple and past participle of
grind
[graʊnd] verb
KEEP ON LAND 搁浅
be grounded
■If a ship is grounded, it cannot move because it has hit solid ground 使(船)搁浅
The oil tanker was grounded on a sandbank.油轮搁浅在一片沙滩上。
transitive often passive
■If aircraft are grounded, they are prevented from flying or ordered not to fly 禁止…飞行;使停飞
The snowstorm meant that all planes were grounded.这场暴风雪导致航班全部停飞。
[graʊnd] verb
PUNISH 惩罚
transitive
■to forbid (= refuse to allow) a child or young person from going out as a punishment 罚(孩子)不许出门
My parents have grounded me for a week.我爸妈罚我一星期不准出门。
[graʊnd] verb
CAUSE 原因
be grounded in sth formal
■to be based firmly on something 根据;基于
Fiction should be grounded in reality.小说应该以现实生活为基础。
Most phobias are grounded in childhood experiences.大多数的恐惧症都源于儿时的经历。
⇒ See also well-grounded
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