1. 地；地面
    The ground is the surface of the earth.

    e.g. Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground...
           四五十個女人盤腿坐在地上。
    e.g. We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground.
           我們沿著屋頂滑了下來，落到地上。

2. （相對于空中的）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.

    e.g. Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.
           協(xié)調(diào)地面的航空交通與管理空中交通一樣復(fù)雜。

3. 土；土地；土壤
    The ground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface.

    e.g. The ground had eroded.
           這片土壤遭到侵蝕。
    e.g. ...the marshy ground of the river delta.
           河流三角洲的沼澤地

4. （尤指建筑物極少或具有某種特性的）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.

    e.g. ...a stretch of waste ground...
           一塊荒地
    e.g. This memorial stands on sacred ground.
           這塊紀念碑屹立于圣地之上。

5. （有特定用途的）場地
    You can use ground to refer to an area of land, sea, or air which is used for a particular activity.

ground的近義詞

    e.g. ...Indian hunting grounds...
           印第安人的狩獵場
    e.g. The best fishing grounds are around the islands.
           最好的漁場在這些島嶼周圍。

6. 運動場，…場（美國英語中亦作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.

ground在線翻譯

    e.g. ...the city's football ground.
           該市的足球場
    e.g. ...a parade ground.
           閱兵場

7. （大型或重要建筑周圍的）場地，庭院，花園
    The grounds of a large or important building are the garden or area of land which surrounds it.

    e.g. ...the palace grounds.
           皇家花園
    e.g. ...the grounds of the University.
           大學(xué)校區(qū)

8. （適于方法、思想等發(fā)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.

    e.g. The company has maintained its reputation as the developing ground for new techniques...
           該公司一直享有新技術(shù)研發(fā)基地的美譽。
    e.g. Seattle is fertile ground for small businesses.
           西雅圖是適合小型企業(yè)發(fā)展的沃土。

9. 范圍；領(lǐng)域；基礎(chǔ)
    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.

    e.g. Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject...
           感到自己的觀點站不住腳，瑪麗于是換了個話題。
    e.g. The French are on solid ground when they argue that competitiveness is no reason for devaluation...
           法國人認為不能以提高競爭力為由進行貶值，他們是有道理的。

10. 優(yōu)勢；有利條件
    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.

ground的解釋

    e.g. There are signs that the party is gaining ground in the latest polls...
           有跡象表明該黨在最新一輪投票中正逐漸領(lǐng)先。
    e.g. The US dollar lost more ground.
           美元失去了更多的優(yōu)勢。

11. 理由；根據(jù)
      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.

      e.g. In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism...
             他接受采訪時闡述了持樂觀態(tài)度的理由。
      e.g. The court overturned that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial evidence...
             法庭以檢控方拒絕出示關(guān)鍵證據(jù)為由撤銷了那項判決。

12. 以…為根據(jù)；建立在…基礎(chǔ)上
      If an argument, belief, or opinion is grounded in something, that thing is used to justify it.

      e.g. Her argument was grounded in fact...
             她的觀點有事實根據(jù)。
      e.g. They believe the soul is immortal, grounding this belief on the Divine nature of the human spirit.
             基于對人類精神神圣性的信仰，他們認為靈魂是永恒的。

13. 使不能起飛；使停飛
      If an aircraft or its passengers are grounded, they are made to stay on the ground and are not allowed to take off.

      e.g. The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded...
             民航部長下令所有飛機不得起飛。
      e.g. A hydrogen leak forced NASA to ground the space shuttle.
             氫氣泄漏迫使美國國家航空航天局停止了航天飛機的發(fā)射。

14. 罰（兒童）不能出門；禁足
      When parents ground a child, they forbid them to go out and enjoy themselves for a period of time, as a punishment.

      e.g. Thompson grounded him for a month, and banned television.
             湯普森罰他一個月不能出門，并禁止看電視。

15. （使）擱淺
      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.

      e.g. Residents have been told to stay away from the region where the ship was grounded...
             居民們被告知不要靠近船只擱淺的區(qū)域。
      e.g. The boat finally grounded on a soft, underwater bank.
             那條船最終在松軟的水下淺灘擱淺了。

16. 接地裝置；地線
      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的解釋

17. （肉等）切碎的，磨碎的
      Ground meat has been cut into very small pieces in a machine.

ground的解釋

      e.g. ...ground beef.
             絞碎的牛肉
      e.g. ...The sausages are made of coarsely ground pork.
             這些香腸用切得較粗的豬肉制成。

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19. see also: grounding;home ground

20. 開辟新領(lǐng)域；開創(chuàng)新方法
      If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.

      e.g. Gellhorn may have broken new ground when she filed her first report on the Spanish Civil War.
             當(dāng)蓋爾霍恩發(fā)出她第一篇關(guān)于西班牙內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的報道時，她也許已經(jīng)開辟了一片新的天地。

21. 燒為灰燼；夷為平地
      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.

      e.g. The town was razed to the ground after the French Revolution.
             該鎮(zhèn)在法國大革命后被夷為平地。

22. 共同看法；相同的立場
      If two people or groups find common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.

23. 躲藏起來；潛伏起來
      If you go to ground, you hide somewhere where you cannot easily be found.

ground的意思

      e.g. Citizens of East Beirut went to ground in basements and shelters.
             東貝魯特的市民們躲進了地下室和掩體中。

24. 中間立場；中間觀點
      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.

      e.g. She seems to have found a middle ground in which mutual support, rather than complete dependency, is possible.
             她似乎已經(jīng)找到了實現(xiàn)相互支持而非完全依賴其中一方的中間立場。

25. 開始；起步
      If something such as a project gets off the ground, it begins or starts functioning.

ground

      e.g. We help small companies to get off the ground.
             我們幫助一些小公司順利起步。

26. 在自己熟悉的領(lǐng)域里；在自己的地盤
      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.

      e.g. On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.
             她在自己熟悉的領(lǐng)域里對自己的行為有十足的把握。

27. 為…打下基礎(chǔ)
      If you prepare the ground for a future event, course of action, or development, you make it easier for it to happen.

      e.g. ...a political initiative which would prepare the ground for war.
             為戰(zhàn)爭埋下了伏筆的政治倡議

28. 改變立場；改變觀點
      If you shift your ground or change your ground, you change the basis on which you are arguing.

29. 堅持主張；堅定立場
      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.

      e.g. The spectacle of Sakharov standing his ground and speaking his mind gave me hope.
             薩哈羅夫堅持立場、坦率直言的樣子讓我看到了希望。

30. 堅守陣地；不退卻
      If you stand your ground or hold your ground, you do not run away from a situation, but face it bravely.

      e.g. She had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching.
             聽到有人走近，她只好強迫自己鼓起勇氣，絕不退縮。

31. （工作、衣服等）完全適合
      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.

32. 為數(shù)不多；數(shù)目少
      If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.

ground的反義詞

      e.g. Good managers are often thin on the ground.
             優(yōu)秀的經(jīng)理人常常寥寥無幾。

33. to have one's ear to the ground -> see ear