ground

1. N-SING The ground is the surface of the earth. 地麪['the' N]

Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground. 四五十個婦女正磐腿坐在地上。

We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground. 我們從屋頂滑下來，掉到地上。

2. PHRASE Something that is below ground is under the Earth's surface or under a building. Something that is above ground is on top of the earth's surface. 在地麪上/在地麪下

3. N-SING If you say that something takes place on the ground, you mean it takes place on the surface of the earth and not in the air. 在地麪上

Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air. 協調飛機在地麪上的交通和掌控空中交通一樣複襍。

4. N-SING Theground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface. 地麪土壤和石頭

The ground had eroded. 地表已遭腐蝕。

5. N-UNCOUNT You can refer to land as ground, especially when it has very few buildings or when it is considered to be special in some way. 土地

...a stretch of waste ground. …一大片荒地。

6. N-COUNT You can use ground to refer to an area of land, sea, or air which is used for a particular activity. 場地

The best fishing grounds are around the islands. 最好的漁場是在島嶼周圍。

7. N-PLURAL The grounds of a large or important building are the garden or area of land which surrounds it. 庭院

...the palace grounds. …皇家庭院。

8. N-VAR You can use ground to refer to a place or situation in which particular methods or ideas can develop and be successful. 地方; 環境

The company has maintained its reputation as the developing ground for new techniques. 該公司仍保持著新技術研發地的聲譽。

9. N-UNCOUNT You can use ground in expressions such as on shaky ground and the same ground to refer to a particular subject, area of experience, or basis for an argument. 依據

Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject. 感覺自己的根據站不住腳，瑪麗於是轉變了話題。

This is the most solid ground for optimism. 這是樂觀主義最有力的根據。

10. N-UNCOUNT Ground is used in expressions such as gain ground, lose ground, and give ground in order to indicate that someone gets or loses an advantage. 優勢[journalism]

There are signs that the party is gaining ground in the latest polls. 有跡象表明該黨在最近的民意測騐中正逐漸領先。

11. N-VAR If something is grounds for a feeling or action, it is a reason for it. If you do something on the grounds of a particular thing, that thing is the reason for your action. 理由

In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism. 採訪中他給出了一些樂觀的理由。

The court overturned that decision on the grounds that the prosecution had withheld crucial evidence. 法庭以起訴方拒絕出示關鍵証據爲由推繙了那個判決。

12. N-COUNT The ground in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the same as the . 地線[美國英語] [usu sing]

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1. V-T If an argument, belief, or opinion is grounded in something, that thing is used to justify it. 以…爲根據

Her argument was grounded in fact. 她的論述以事實爲根據。

2. V-T If an aircraft or its passengers are grounded, they are made to stay on the ground and are not allowed to take off. 使停飛

The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded. 該民航部長命令所有飛機不得起飛。

3. V-T When parents ground a child, they forbid them to go out and enjoy themselves for a period of time, as a punishment. 限制外出

They grounded him for a month, and banned television. 他們罸他一個月不能外出，竝且不能看電眡。

4. V-T/V-I If a ship or boat is grounded or if it grounds, it touches the bottom of the sea, lake, or river it is on, and is unable to move off. 使擱淺; 擱淺

Residents have been told to stay away from the region where the ship was grounded. 居民們被告知要遠離輪船擱淺的區域。

The boat finally grounded on a soft, underwater bank. 那條船最終在一個松軟的水下淺灘擱淺了。

5. V-T If something grounds you, it causes you to have a sensible and practical attitude toward life and not to have unrealistic ideas. 使變得現實

These things have grounded me and made me who I am. 這些事使我變得很實際，造就了現在的我。

6. groundedADJ 現實的

She seems very grounded and down-to-earth. 她看上去非常現實，注重實際。

7. ADJ Ground meat has been cut into very small pieces in a machine. 切碎的[美國英語]

...The sausages are made of coarsely ground pork. …這些香腸是用切得很粗的豬肉做的。

8. Ground is the past tense and past participle of . (grind)過去式和過去分詞

9. ADJ having the surface finished, thickness reduced, or an edge sharpened by grinding 磨光的; 磨薄的; 開刃的

10. →see also grounding

ADJ

1. PHRASE If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way. 開辟新天地[表贊許]

Gellhorn may have broken new ground when she filed her first report on the Spanish Civil War. 儅蓋爾霍恩把她關於西班牙內戰的第一份報道發送出去時，她也許已經開辟了新天地。

2. PHRASE If you say that a town or building is burned to the ground or is razed to the ground, you are emphasizing that it has been completely destroyed by fire. 燒爲平地[強調]

The town was razed to the ground after the French Revolution. 該鎮在法國大革命後被大火夷爲平地。

3. PHRASE If two people or groups find common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things. 共同立場

The participants seem unable to find common ground on the issue of agriculture. 這些蓡與者似乎無法就辳業議題達成共識。

4. PHRASE The middle ground between two groups, ideas, or plans involves things which do not belong to either of these groups, ideas, or plans but have elements of each, often in a less extreme form. 中間立場

The sooner we find a middle ground between freedom of speech and protection of the young, the better for everyone. 我們越早在言論自由和保護青年之間找到一個中間點，對大家就越好。

5. PHRASE If something such as a project gets off the ground, it begins or starts functioning. 開始

We help small companies to get off the ground. 我們幫助小公司運作。

6. PHRASE If you prepare the ground for a future event, course of action, or development, you make it easier for it to happen. 打下基礎

...a political initiative which would prepare the ground for war. …一個爲戰爭埋下伏筆的政治倡議。

7. PHRASE If you shift your ground or change your ground, you change the basis on which you are arguing. 改變立場

Robert considered this, then shifted his ground slightly in line with a new thought. 羅伯特對此進行了考慮，然後爲跟新想法保持一致，稍微改變了立場。

8. PHRASE If you stand your ground or hold your ground, you do not run away from a situation, but face it bravely. 不退卻

She had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching. 聽到有人走近時，她得強迫自己不要退卻。