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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

ground

英  [graʊnd]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. （肉）切碎的

    Ground meat has been cut into very small pieces in a machine.

    双语例句

    例：

    The sausages are made of coarsely ground pork.

    这些香肠是由切得很粗的猪肉制成。

    IRREG FORM. 不规则形式
  • 1.  grind过去式和过去分词

    Ground is the past tense and past participle of grind.

    NOUN. 名词

  • grounds

    1. [SING 单数型名词] 地面

    The ground is the surface of the earth.

    双语例句

    例：

    Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground.

    四五十个妇女正盘腿坐在地上。

    例：

    We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground.

    我们从屋顶滑了下来，落到了地上。

    2. [SING 单数型名词] 地面（与空中相对）

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    Co-ordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.

    协调地面的航空交通和管理空中交通一样复杂。

    3. [SING 单数型名词] 土地 , 土壤

    The ground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface.

    双语例句

    例：

    The ground had eroded.

    这片土地已遭侵蚀。

    4. [U 不可数名词] （尤指有极少建筑物或具某种特性的）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.

    双语例句

    例：

    a stretch of waste ground.

    一大片荒地。

    5. [C 可数名词] （有特殊用途的）场地

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

    双语例句

    例：

    The best fishing grounds are around the islands.

    最好的渔场在岛屿周围。

    6. [PL 复数] （大型或重要建筑周围的）庭院

    The grounds of a large or important building are the garden or area of land which surrounds it.

    双语例句

    例：

    the palace grounds.

    皇家庭院。

    7. [C, U 有变体名词] （适于方法、思想发展的）地方 , 环境

    You can use ground to refer to a place or situation in which particular methods or ideas can develop and be successful.

    双语例句

    例：

    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声誉。

    8. [U 不可数名词] （辩论、观点的）依据 , 范畴

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject.

    感觉自己的论点站不住脚，玛丽于是换了个了话题。

    例：

    This is the most solid ground for optimism.

    这是乐观主义最有力的依据。

    9. [U 不可数名词] 优势

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    There are signs that the party is gaining ground in the latest polls.

    有迹象表明该党在最近的民意测验中正逐渐领先。

    10. [C, U 有变体名词] 理由

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.

    采访中他给出了一些乐观的理由。

    例：

    The court overturned that decision on the grounds that the prosecution had withheld crucial evidence.

    法庭以起诉方拒绝出示关键证据为由推翻了那项判决。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • below ground , above ground

    1. 在地面下 , 在地面上

    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.

  • break new ground

    1. 开辟新天地

    If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.

    双语例句

    例：

    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，她或许已经开辟了一片新天地。

  • burn something to the ground , raze something to the ground

    1. 被大火夷为平地

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The town was razed to the ground after the French Revolution.

    该镇在法国大革命后被大火夷为平地。

  • common ground

    1. 共同立场

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

    双语例句

    例：

    The participants seem unable to find common ground on the issue of agriculture.

    这些参与者似乎无法就农业议题达成一致。

  • middle ground

    1. 中间立场

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The sooner we find a middle ground between freedom of speech and protection of the young, the better for everyone.

    我们越早在言论自由和保护青年之间找到一个平衡点，对大家就越好。

  • off the ground

    1. 开始

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

    双语例句

    例：

    We help small companies to get off the ground.

    我们帮助小公司起步。

  • prepare the ground

    1. 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.

    双语例句

    例：

    a political initiative which would prepare the ground for war.

    一个为战争埋下了伏笔的政治倡议。

  • shift one's ground , change one's ground

    1. 改变立场

    If you shift your ground or change your ground, you change the basis on which you are arguing.

    双语例句

    例：

    Robert considered this, then shifted his ground slightly in line with a new thought.

    罗伯特对此进行了考虑，然后为符合新想法而稍微改变了立场。

  • stand your ground , hold your ground

    1. 不退却

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

    双语例句

    例：

    She had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching.

    听到有人走近，她只得强迫自己不要退却。

    VERB. 动词

  • grounds , grounding , grounded

    1. [T 及物动词] 以…为根据

    If an argument, belief, or opinion is grounded in something, that thing is used to justify it.

    近义词

    base

    双语例句

    例：

    Her argument was grounded in fact.

    她的论点以事实为根据。

    2. [T 及物动词] 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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded.

    民航部长命令所有飞机不得起飞。

    3. [T 及物动词] 罚（不让小孩外出玩耍等）

    When parents ground a child, they forbid them to go out and enjoy themselves for a period of time, as a punishment.

    双语例句

    例：

    They grounded him for a month, and banned television.

    他们罚他一个月不能外出，并且不能看电视。

    4. [I 不及物动词] 使搁浅 , 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.

    双语例句

    例：

    Residents have been told to stay away from the region where the ship was grounded.

    居民们被告知要远离轮船搁浅的区域。

    例：

    The boat finally grounded on a soft, underwater bank.

    那条船最终在一个松软的水下浅滩搁浅了。

    5. [T 及物动词] 使变得现实

    If something grounds you, it causes you to have a sensible and practical attitude towards life and not to have unrealistic ideas.

    双语例句

    例：

    These things have grounded me and made me who I am.

    这些事使我变得很实际，造就了现在的我。

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