1 N-SING 地;地面 The ground is the surface of the earth.
地;地面 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.
在地面下/在地面上 2 N-SING [oft NOUN n] (相对于空中的)地面 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.
(相对于空中的)地面 3 N-SING 土;土地;土壤 The ground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface.
土;土地;土壤 4 N-UNCOUNT (尤指建筑物极少或具有某种特性的)土地 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.
(尤指建筑物极少或具有某种特性的)土地 5 N-COUNT (有特定用途的)场地 You can use
ground to refer to an area of land, sea, or air which is used for a particular activity.
(有特定用途的)场地 6 N-COUNT 运动场,…场(美国英语中亦作grounds) A
ground is an area of land which is specially designed and made for playing sport or for some other activity. In American English
grounds is also used.
运动场,…场(美国英语中亦作grounds) 7 N-PLURAL [n NOUN] (大型或重要建筑周围的)场地,庭院,花园 The
grounds of a large or important building are the garden or area of land which surrounds it.
(大型或重要建筑周围的)场地,庭院,花园 8 N-VAR (适于方法、思想等发展的)地方 You can use
ground to refer to a place or situation in which particular methods or ideas can develop and be successful.
(适于方法、思想等发展的)地方 9 N-UNCOUNT [oft on adj N] 范围;领域;基础 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.
范围;领域;基础 -
Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject.
感到自己的观点站不住脚,玛丽于是换了个话题。
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The French are on solid ground when they argue that competitiveness is no reason for devaluation.
法国人认为不能以提高竞争力为由进行贬值,他们是有道理的。
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It's often necessary to go over the same ground more than once.
常常有必要对同样的内容不只一次地进行检查。
10 N-UNCOUNT 优势;有利条件 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.
优势;有利条件 [journalism] 11 N-VAR 理由;根据 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;根据 -
In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism. [+ for]
他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。
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The court overturned that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial evidence.
法庭以检控方拒绝出示关键证据为由撤销了那项判决。
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Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense. [+ of]
欧文因费用问题对此表示反对。
12 VERB 以…为根据;建立在…基础上 If an argument, belief, or opinion
is grounded in something, that thing is used to justify it.
以…为根据;建立在…基础上 -
Her argument was grounded in fact. [be VERB-ed + in]
她的观点有事实根据。
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They believe the soul is immortal, grounding this belief on the Divine nature of the human spirit. [VERB noun + on]
基于对人类精神神圣性的信仰,他们认为灵魂是永恒的。
13 VERB 使不能起飞;使停飞 If an aircraft or its passengers
are grounded, they are made to stay on the ground and are not allowed to take off.
使不能起飞;使停飞 -
The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded. [be VERB-ed]
民航部长下令所有飞机不得起飞。
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A hydrogen leak forced NASA to ground the space shuttle. [VERB noun]
氢气泄漏迫使美国国家航空航天局停止了航天飞机的发射。
14 VERB 罚(儿童)不能出门;禁足 When parents
ground a child, they forbid them to go out and enjoy themselves for a period of time, as a punishment.
罚(儿童)不能出门;禁足 15 V-ERG (使)搁浅 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)搁浅 -
Residents have been told to stay away from the region where the ship was grounded. [be VERB-ed]
居民们被告知不要靠近船只搁浅的区域。
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The boat finally grounded on a soft, underwater bank. [VERB]
那条船最终在松软的水下浅滩搁浅了。
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...a grounded oil tanker. [VERB-ed]
搁浅的油轮
16 N-COUNT [usually singular] 接地装置;地线 The
ground in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity passes into the ground and which makes the equipment safe.
接地装置;地线 [US] in BRIT, use 英国英语用 earth
17 ADJ (肉等)切碎的,磨碎的 Ground meat has been cut into very small pieces in a machine.
(肉等)切碎的,磨碎的 [mainly US] in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 minced
18 Ground is the past tense and past participle of
grind .
20 PHRASE 开辟新领域;开创新方法 If you
break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.
开辟新领域;开创新方法 [approval] 21 PHRASE 烧为灰烬;夷为平地 If you say that a town or building
is burnt to the ground or
is razed to the ground, you are emphasizing that it has been completely destroyed by fire.
烧为灰烬;夷为平地 [emphasis] 22 PHRASE 共同看法;相同的立场 If two people or groups find
common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.
共同看法;相同的立场 23 PHRASE 躲藏起来;潜伏起来 If you
go to ground, you hide somewhere where you cannot easily be found.
躲藏起来;潜伏起来 [British] 24 PHRASE 中间立场;中间观点 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.
中间立场;中间观点 -
She seems to have found a middle ground in which mutual support, rather than complete dependency, is possible.
她似乎已经找到了实现相互支持而非完全依赖其中一方的中间立场。
25 PHRASE 开始;起步 If something such as a project gets
off the ground, it begins or starts functioning.
开始;起步 26 PHRASE [PHRASE with cl, verb-link PHRASE] 在自己熟悉的领域里;在自己的地盘 If you are
on your
own ground, you are in a place or situation in which you feel confident because you are very familiar with it.
在自己熟悉的领域里;在自己的地盘 27 PHRASE 为…打下基础 If you
prepare the ground for a future event, course of action, or development, you make it easier for it to happen.
为…打下基础 28 PHRASE 改变立场;改变观点 If you
shift your
ground or
change your
ground, you change the basis on which you are arguing.
改变立场;改变观点 29 PHRASE 坚持主张;坚定立场 If you
stand your
ground or
hold your
ground, you continue to support a particular argument or to have a particular opinion when other people are opposing you or trying to make you change your mind.
坚持主张;坚定立场 30 PHRASE 坚守阵地;不退却 If you
stand your
ground or
hold your
ground, you do not run away from a situation, but face it bravely.
坚守阵地;不退却 31 PHRASE (工作、衣服等)完全适合 If you say that something such as a job or piece of clothing
suits someone
down to the ground, you mean that it is completely suitable or right for them.
(工作、衣服等)完全适合 [British, informal, emphasis] 32 PHRASE 为数不多;数目少 If people or things of a particular kind are
thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
为数不多;数目少 [mainly British] 33 to
have one's
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