ground
n. 地面,土地; 基础; 范围; 阵地,战场
vi. 搁浅,停飞; 着陆
vt. 把…放在地上; 在…的基础树立上; 交给…基本知识; 使…受初步训练
v. grind的过去式和过去分词
adj. 磨细的;磨碎的
The ground is the surface of the earth.
Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground...
四五十个女人盘腿坐在地上。
We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground.
我们沿着屋顶滑了下来,落到地上。
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.
Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.
协调地面的航空交通与管理空中交通一样复杂。
The ground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface.
The ground had eroded.
这片土壤遭到侵蚀。
...the marshy ground of the river delta.
河流三角洲的沼泽地
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.
...a stretch of waste ground...
一块荒地
This memorial stands on sacred ground.
这块纪念碑屹立于圣地之上。
You can use ground to refer to an area of land, sea, or air which is used for a particular activity.
...Indian hunting grounds...
印第安人的狩猎场
The best fishing grounds are around the islands.
最好的渔场在这些岛屿周围。
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.
...the city's football ground.
该市的足球场
...a parade ground.
阅兵场
The grounds of a large or important building are the garden or area of land which surrounds it.
...the palace grounds.
皇家花园
...the grounds of the University.
大学校区
You can use ground to refer to a place or situation in which particular methods or ideas can develop and be successful.
The company has maintained its reputation as the developing ground for new techniques...
该公司一直享有新技术研发基地的美誉。
Seattle is fertile ground for small businesses.
西雅图是适合小型企业发展的沃土。
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.
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。
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。
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.
There are signs that the party is gaining ground in the latest polls...
有迹象表明该党在最新一轮投票中正逐渐领先。
The US dollar lost more ground.
美元失去了更多的优势。
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.
In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism...
他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。
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。
If an argument, belief, or opinion is grounded in something, that thing is used to justify it.
Her argument was grounded in fact...
她的观点有事实根据。
They believe the soul is immortal, grounding this belief on the Divine nature of the human spirit.
基于对人类精神神圣性的信仰,他们认为灵魂是永恒的。
If an aircraft or its passengers are grounded, they are made to stay on the ground and are not allowed to take off.
The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded...
民航部长下令所有飞机不得起飞。
A hydrogen leak forced NASA to ground the space shuttle.
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。
When parents ground a child, they forbid them to go out and enjoy themselves for a period of time, as a punishment.
Thompson grounded him for a month, and banned television.
汤普森罚他一个月不能出门,并禁止看电视。
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.
Residents have been told to stay away from the region where the ship was grounded...
居民们被告知不要靠近船只搁浅的区域。
The boat finally grounded on a soft, underwater bank.
那条船最终在松软的水下浅滩搁浅了。
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.
Ground meat has been cut into very small pieces in a machine.
...ground beef.
绞碎的牛肉
...The sausages are made of coarsely ground pork.
这些香肠用切得较粗的猪肉制成。
Ground is the past tense and past participle of grind .
If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.
Gellhorn may have broken new ground when she filed her first report on the Spanish Civil War.
当盖尔霍恩发出她第一篇关于西班牙内战的报道时,她也许已经开辟了一片新的天地。
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.
The town was razed to the ground after the French Revolution.
该镇在法国大革命后被夷为平地。
If two people or groups find common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.
If you go to ground, you hide somewhere where you cannot easily be found.
Citizens of East Beirut went to ground in basements and shelters.
东贝鲁特的市民们躲进了地下室和掩体中。
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.
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。
If something such as a project gets off the ground, it begins or starts functioning.
We help small companies to get off the ground.
我们帮助一些小公司顺利起步。
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.
On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.
她在自己熟悉的领域里对自己的行为有十足的把握。
If you prepare the ground for a future event, course of action, or development, you make it easier for it to happen.
...a political initiative which would prepare the ground for war.
为战争埋下了伏笔的政治倡议
If you shift your ground or change your ground, you change the basis on which you are arguing.
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.
The spectacle of Sakharov standing his ground and speaking his mind gave me hope.
萨哈罗夫坚持立场、坦率直言的样子让我看到了希望。
If you stand your ground or hold your ground, you do not run away from a situation, but face it bravely.
She had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching.
听到有人走近,她只好强迫自己鼓起勇气,绝不退缩。
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.
If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
Good managers are often thin on the ground.
优秀的经理人常常寥寥无几。
1. the solid part of the earth's surface;
2. a rational motive for a belief or action;
3. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;
4. a relation that provides the foundation for something;
5. a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle);
6. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;
7. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);
8. a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused
9. a connection between an electrical device and the earth (which is a zero voltage)
10. (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting
11. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
1. fix firmly and stably;
2. confine or restrict to the ground;
3. place or put on the ground
4. instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
5. bring to the ground;
6. hit or reach the ground
7. throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage
8. hit a groundball;
9. hit onto the ground
10. cover with a primer; apply a primer to
11. connect to a ground;
12. use as a basis for; found on;
1. broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone;
base, basis, foundation, ground
这些名词均含有"基础"之意。
earth, clay, dirt, land, dust, soil, mud, ground
这些名词都有"土地,土,泥"之意。
ground out &I{【棒球】}
打滚地球出局:因打出的滚地球被截或被掷回一垒而出局
be thick (或 thin) on the ground
为数众多(或为数不多)
break ground N. Amer. 北美
翻土,犁地;破土,动工
同后面 break new ground
break new (或 fresh) ground
开辟新天地,创新
cut the ground from under someone's feet
使(某人的)行为无正当理由,使(某人的)观点无据可依
gain ground
越来越得人心,越来越为人们所接受
gain ground on
逼近(追赶对象,竞争对手),追上
get in on the ground floor
(非正式)在企业的草创阶段加入
get off the ground (或 get something off the ground
(使)顺利开始;(使)起作用
give (或 lose) ground
让步;退却;失去优势
go to ground
(狐狸等)钻入地穴
hold (或 stand) one's ground
不让步;不退却;保持优势
make up ground
追近,赶上
on the ground
在现场,在实地
The football match came to an end, and the crowd soon cleared away from the ground.
足球赛结束了, 人群很快从球场散去.
There is no ground for alarm.
没有理由惊惶失措.
During the break, the sports ground rang with happy shouts.
课间休息时, 操场上回响着欢快的声音.
Minerals are often found deep in the ground.
矿物往往埋藏在地层深处.
Rabbits live under the ground.
兔子住在地下.