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N-SING
地；地面
The ground is the surface of the earth.
例句
Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground...
四五十個(gè)女人盤腿坐在地上。
We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground.
我們沿著屋頂滑了下來，落到地上。
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N-SING
（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.
例句
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。
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N-SING
土；土地；土壤
The ground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface.
例句
The ground had eroded.
這片土壤遭到侵蝕。
...the marshy ground of the river delta.
河流三角洲的沼澤地
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N-UNCOUNT
（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.
例句
...a stretch of waste ground...
一塊荒地
This memorial stands on sacred ground.
這塊紀(jì)念碑屹立于圣地之上。
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N-COUNT
（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.
例句
...Indian hunting grounds...
印第安人的狩獵場
The best fishing grounds are around the islands.
最好的漁場在這些島嶼周圍。
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N-COUNT
運(yùn)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.
例句
...the city's football ground.
該市的足球場
...a parade ground.
閱兵場
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N-PLURAL
（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.
例句
...the palace grounds.
皇家花園
...the grounds of the University.
大學(xué)校區(qū)
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N-VAR
（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.
例句
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(yù)。
Seattle is fertile ground for small businesses.
西雅圖是適合小型企業(yè)發(fā)展的沃土。
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N-UNCOUNT
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.
例句
Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject...
感到自己的觀點(diǎn)站不住腳，瑪麗于是換了個(gè)話題。
The French are on solid ground when they argue that competitiveness is no reason for devaluation...
法國人認(rèn)為不能以提高競爭力為由進(jìn)行貶值，他們是有道理的。
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N-UNCOUNT
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.
例句
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。
The US dollar lost more ground.
美元失去了更多的優(yōu)勢。
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N-VAR
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.
例句
In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism...
他接受采訪時(shí)闡述了持樂觀態(tài)度的理由。
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(xiàng)判決。
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VERB
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.
例句
Her argument was grounded in fact...
她的觀點(diǎn)有事實(shí)根據(jù)。
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(rèn)為靈魂是永恒的。
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VERB
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.
例句
The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded...
民航部長下令所有飛機(jī)不得起飛。
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(jī)的發(fā)射。
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VERB
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.
例句
Thompson grounded him for a month, and banned television.
湯普森罰他一個(gè)月不能出門，并禁止看電視。
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V-ERG
（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.
例句
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。
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。
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N-COUNT
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.
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ADJ
（肉等）切碎的，磨碎的
Ground meat has been cut into very small pieces in a machine.
例句
...ground beef.
絞碎的牛肉
...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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Ground is the past tense and past participle of grind .
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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(bào)道時(shí)，她也許已經(jīng)開辟了一片新的天地。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
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PHRASE
躲藏起來；潛伏起來
If you go to ground, you hide somewhere where you cannot easily be found.
例句
Citizens of East Beirut went to ground in basements and shelters.
東貝魯特的市民們躲進(jìn)了地下室和掩體中。
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PHRASE
中間立場；中間觀點(diǎn)
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.
例句
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(shí)現(xiàn)相互支持而非完全依賴其中一方的中間立場。
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PHRASE
開始；起步
If something such as a project gets off the ground, it begins or starts functioning.
例句
We help small companies to get off the ground.
我們幫助一些小公司順利起步。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
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。
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PHRASE
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.
例句
...a political initiative which would prepare the ground for war.
為戰(zhàn)爭埋下了伏筆的政治倡議
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PHRASE
改變立場；改變觀點(diǎn)
If you shift your ground or change your ground, you change the basis on which you are arguing.
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PHRASE
堅(jiān)持主張；堅(jiān)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.
例句
The spectacle of Sakharov standing his ground and speaking his mind gave me hope.
薩哈羅夫堅(jiān)持立場、坦率直言的樣子讓我看到了希望。
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PHRASE
堅(jiān)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.
例句
She had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching.
聽到有人走近，她只好強(qiáng)迫自己鼓起勇氣，絕不退縮。
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PHRASE
（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.
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PHRASE
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.
例句
Good managers are often thin on the ground.
優(yōu)秀的經(jīng)理人常常寥寥無幾。
Noun
1. the solid part of the earth's surface;
"the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land""the earth shook for several minutes""he dropped the logs on the ground"2. a rational motive for a belief or action;
"the reason that war was declared""the grounds for their declaration"3. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;
"they dug into the earth outside the church"4. a relation that provides the foundation for something;
"they were on a friendly footing""he worked on an interim basis"5. a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle);
"they gained ground step by step""they fought to regain the lost ground"6. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;
"he posed her against a background of rolling hills"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);
"the land had never been plowed""good agricultural soil"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
Verb
1. fix firmly and stably;
"anchor the lamppost in concrete"2. confine or restrict to the ground;
"After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"3. place or put on the ground
4. instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject
5. bring to the ground;
"the storm grounded the ship"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;
"he grounded to the second baseman"9. hit onto the ground
10. cover with a primer; apply a primer to
11. connect to a ground;
"ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"12. use as a basis for; found on;
"base a claim on some observation"Adjective
1. broken or pounded into small fragments; used of e.g. ore or stone;
"paved with crushed bluestone""ground glass is used as an abrasive"