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IELTS BNC: 455 COCA: 522
ground
noun /ɡraʊnd/
singularground
pluralgrounds
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    [singular/uncountable] the top part of the Earth's surface that people walk on 地面

    I fell to the ground. 我摔倒在地上。

    on the ground :

    People were sitting on the ground in small groups. 人们三五成群地坐在地上。

    above/below ground :

    They were working 250 metres below ground. 他们在地下250米的地方工作。

    1. a.
      [singular] the layer of soil and rock that forms the Earth's surface 土地

      the destruction caused by getting coal out of the ground 挖煤所造成的破坏

       Synonyms and related words
      Soil and earth: alluvium, clay, clod...
    2. b.
      [singular/uncountable] the soil nearest the Earth's surface in which you can grow plants 泥土;土壤

      Prepare the ground for planting. 整好地种庄稼。

      sandy/marshy/stony/boggy ground 沙地/沼泽地/多石的地/泥地

       Synonyms and related words
      Soil and earth: alluvium, clay, clod...
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    [U] an area of land 一块地

    an acre of ground 一英亩地

    open ground (=an area of land without trees or buildings) 空地 :

    She had to cross open ground to get to the sea. 她得穿过空地才能到达海边。

    waste ground (=an area of land that is not used for anything) 荒地 :

    a piece of waste ground about 60 feet square 一块大约 60 平方英尺的荒地

     Synonyms and related words
    1. a.
      [C] an area of land and the structures on it that are intended to be used for a particular purpose (有某种用途的)场地

      soldiers on the parade ground 阅兵场上的士兵

      the polo grounds 水球场

       Synonyms and related words
    2. b.
      [C] an area of land or sea where a particular thing happens 地域;海域

      the birds' summer feeding grounds 鸟类夏天的觅食地

      a traditional fishing ground 传统的渔场

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    3. c.

      grounds

      [plural] the land, gardens, and lawn that surround a large house or other building (大房子或其他建筑物周围的)庭园,场地

      She found him wandering around the grounds. 她发现他在庭园里闲逛。

      maintenance of the buildings and grounds 对楼群和庭园的保养

       Synonyms and related words
      Gardens and areas in gardens: allotment, backyard, bagh...
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    [C] [usually plural] a reason for what you say or do, or for being allowed to say or do something 原因;理由
    ground for :

    There do seem to be some grounds for their complaints. 他们的抱怨似乎的确有些道理。

    reasonable grounds :

    He believes he has reasonable grounds for making the demand. 他相信自己有充分的理由提出要求。

    on (the) grounds of :

    The Act prohibits discrimination on the grounds of sex or marital status. 该法案禁止基于性别或婚姻状况的歧视。

    on medical/legal/financial etc grounds :

    The army turned him down on medical grounds. 由于健康原因,部队没有招收他入伍。

    on the grounds that :

    They oppose the bill on the grounds that it is too restrictive. 他们反对这一议案,是因为该议案限制性过强。

     Synonyms and related words
    Reasons and excuses: reason, excuse, point...
  4. 4
    [singular/uncountable] the subject, idea, or information being talked about or written about 话题;主题

    Henry seems anxious to return to more familiar ground. 亨利似乎急切地想回到他更熟悉的话题。

    cover ground :

    We'll be covering a lot of new ground in today's lecture. 今天的讲座我们会涉及很多新的领域。

    go (back) over the same ground :

    There's no point in going over the same ground twice. 同一个话题没有必要讨论两次。

     Synonyms and related words
    Something that you are discussing: referent, matter, issue...
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    [singular/uncountable] an environment in which ideas can develop (某种思想产生发展的)环境,土壤
    fertile ground :

    Germany in the 1920s and 30s was fertile ground for such ideas. 20世纪20年代和30年代的德国是这类思想产生发展的沃土。

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    [singular/uncountable] someone's set of opinions or attitudes (某人的一套)观点,态度,立场,主张
    the moral high ground (=opinions or standards that are morally better than other people's) 道德水准更高的观点(或标准) :

    It's a bit late to start claiming the moral high ground. 现在才开始要求提高道德标准有点晚了。

     Synonyms and related words
    Theories and sets of beliefs: theory, culture, philosophy...
    See also middle ground
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    [U] the level of success or progress that someone or something has achieved 进展的程度
    lose ground :

    Most stock markets lost ground after their recent gains. 近期有所收益后,大多数的股票市场股价下跌。

    gain ground :

    Environmental concerns are gradually gaining ground all over the world.

    regain ground :

    In Athenian politics, democratic views had been regaining ground. 在雅典的政治界,民主观点在重新为人们所接受。

     Synonyms and related words
    Progress and development: progress, development, advance...
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    [C] American an electrical earth 接地;接地装置;地线
     Synonyms and related words
    Parts of pieces of electrical equipment: anode, cathode, circuit...
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    [C] art a colour used as a background or first layer on a painting, drawing etc (绘画等的)底色,底子
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    grounds

    [plural] extremely small pieces of crushed coffee beans, especially after they have been used for making a drink of coffee 磨碎的咖啡豆;(尤指)咖啡渣
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    to have a lot of ground to make up to have to spend more time doing something in order to compensate for a delay in progress

    In her last couple of years at college, she started getting high grades but she had a lot of ground to make up.

    Submitted by Emran Khoshrouye Ghiasi from Iran, Islamic Republic of on 17/10/2018
See also
ground
verb /ɡraʊnd/
present tense
I/you/we/theyground
he/she/itgrounds
present participlegrounding
past tensegrounded
past participlegrounded
  1. 1
    [T] to stop a plane from leaving the ground, or to stop people from flying somewhere 使(飞机)停飞;使(飞机)留在地面

    All of their planes have been grounded. 他们所有的飞机均已停飞。

     Synonyms and related words
    To operate an aircraft: airlift, bank, buzz...
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    [T] to punish a child or young person by stopping them from going to places that they enjoy 罚(孩子或年少者)不准出去

    His parents grounded him for two weeks for smoking. 他的父母因其吸烟罚他两周不准出门。

     Synonyms and related words
    Miscellaneous punishments: banish, Botany Bay, confiscate...
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    [I/T] if a boat grounds or is grounded, it hits a rock or the ground under the water (使)(船只)搁浅
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    [T] [often passive] to base a decision or idea on a particular thing 使(决定、想法)建立在…之上,基于
    be grounded in/on something :

    Any new policies need to be firmly grounded in careful analysis of the issues. 任何新政策都必须严格地建立在对问题的认真分析之上。

     Synonyms and related words
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    [T] [often passive] education to teach someone the basic parts of a subject 向…传授基本技能;教授…基本知识
    be grounded in something :

    Trainees are grounded in the basic skills. 受训人接受了基本技能的训练。

     Synonyms and related words
    To teach someone something: upskill, teach, train...
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    [T] American to earth a piece of electrical equipment 把…接地
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    [T] mainly journalism in sport, to put or hit the ball into the ground, or to make it roll along the ground (体育运动中)掷地滚(球),击地滚(球)
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ground
adjective /ɡraʊnd/
  1. 1
    crushed, especially for use in cooking (尤指用于烹饪的某物)磨碎的

    freshly ground black pepper 新磨碎的黑胡椒

    the smell of ground coffee 磨碎的咖啡的味道

     Synonyms and related words
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    [only before noun] happening on the surface of the earth, especially in comparison with things happening in the air 地面的;在地面的

    If aerial attacks fail, the only alternative would be a ground assault. 如果空中打击失败,唯一的选择就是地面攻击了。

ground
/ɡraʊnd/
the past tense and past participle of grind
 Synonyms and related words
IELTS BNC: 455 COCA: 522
ground

noun¹

1solid surface of the earth地面ADJECTIVE | VERB + GROUND | GROUND + NOUN | PHRASES | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEfirm, hard, solid結實的/堅硬的/堅固的地面muddy, soft泥濘的/鬆軟的地面damp, wet潮濕的地面dry, dusty乾燥的/滿是灰塵的地面cold, frozen冰冷的/冰凍的地面dirt (NAmE) 骯髒的地面concrete, stone (both especially NAmE) 混凝土/石鋪地面snow-covered, snowy被雪覆蓋的地面sandy沙地fertile (often figurative) 肥沃的土地;有利的發展環境The fall of the old regime provided fertile ground for opportunism.舊政府的垮台為機會主義提供了溫牀。VERB + GROUNDfall to, hit, strike, touch落到地面;撞到地上;觸到地面The helicopter burst into flames when it hit the ground.直升機撞到地面後燃起了大火。reach接觸地面Her feet don't reach the ground when she sits down.她坐下時腳夠不到地。get off, leave離開地面;順利開始The plane was so overloaded it couldn't leave the ground.飛機嚴重超載,無法起飛。His plan is too costly to ever get off the ground. (figurative) 他的方案花費太大,根本無法施行。cover, litter遮蓋住地面;在地上亂丟the broken branches which littered the ground散落在地上的斷樹枝kick, paw, pound踢地;用蹄刨地;重擊地面The horse pawed the ground impatiently.那匹馬焦躁地用蹄子刨地。scan, search審視/搜查地面Her eyes searched the ground.她用目光搜尋地面。shake撼動大地;使地面顫動Thunder shook the ground.驚雷撼動了大地。GROUND + NOUNlevel地平面The window is just above ground level.窗戶緊貼着地面。forces, troops地面部隊PHRASESthe ground beneath sb's feet某人腳下的地面PREPOSITIONabove ground, below ground在地上;在地下The roots may spread as far below ground as does the foliage above ground.地上的枝葉有多高,地下的根就可能有多深。in the ground在地面以下a hole in the ground地上的洞on the ground在地面上He sat down on the ground.他坐在地上。under the ground在地下The tunnel goes deep under the ground.隧道在地下很深的地方。
ground

noun²

2area of land土地ADJECTIVE | ... OF GROUND ADJECTIVEhigh, low高地;低地The town stands on high ground and is not prone to flooding.這個鎮地處高地,不易被淹。open開闊地difficult, rocky, rough, stony, uneven難以耕種的/佈滿岩石的/崎嶇不平的/多石的/不平的土地bare, barren光禿禿的/貧瘠的土地flat, level平地marshy沼澤地hallowed, holy, sacred神聖的土地;聖地He stood on the hallowed ground of Yankee Stadium. (figurative) 他站在神聖的揚基體育場上。... OF GROUNDpatch, piece一塊土地We found a patch of open ground in the middle of the woods.我們在樹林中發現了一塊開闊地。
ground

noun³

3piece of land used for a particular purpose有特定用途的土地ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEburial墓地dumping垃圾場The river has become a dumping ground for industrial waste.這條河成了傾倒工業廢物的地方。Landfill sites provide a dumping ground for old mattresses, broken chairs as well as household waste.垃圾填埋場不但是傾倒家庭垃圾的地方,也成了棄置舊牀墊和破椅子的地方。camp, parade露營地;練兵場battle戰場breeding, feeding, nesting, spawning, wintering養殖場;飼養場;築巢場所;產卵場地;越冬場所The estuary is a breeding ground for birds and marine life.河口是鳥類與海洋生物的繁殖地。Hospitals are breeding grounds for bacteria.醫院是細菌繁殖的地方。Poverty is a breeding ground for terrorism. (figurative) 貧困易滋生恐怖主義。fishing, hunting漁場;狩獵場staging (especially NAmE) 集結待命地meeting會議場所PREPOSITIONat a/the ground, in a/the ground在⋯地方;在⋯地all the graves in the burial ground墓地裏所有的墓穴
ground

noun⁴

4 (BrE) stadium體育場ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEcricket, football, rugby, etc.板球場、美式橄欖球場、英式橄欖球場等practice, recreation, sports, training練習場地;娛樂場所;運動場;訓練場away, home客場;主場PREPOSITIONat a/the ground在⋯地方I'll meet you at the football ground.我在橄欖球場和你見面。inside a/the ground在體育場內The atmosphere inside the ground was electric.體育場內的氣氛很熱烈。
ground

noun⁵

5grounds land surrounding a large building大建築物的院子ADJECTIVE | VERB + GROUNDS | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEextensive, large寬闊的/很大的庭院castle, hospital, palace, school, etc.城堡的、醫院的、宮殿的、學校的等庭院surrounding四周的庭院VERB + GROUNDSbe set in, have位於院子中;有庭院The palace is set in extensive grounds.宮殿位於龐大的庭院中。cross, enter, walk穿過庭院;進入庭院;在庭院中散步PREPOSITIONin the grounds (of) (especially BrE) 在(⋯)院子中She lived in the grounds of the castle.她住在城堡的院子裏。on the grounds (of) (NAmE) 在(⋯)院子中The doctor's office is on the grounds of the hospital.醫生的辦公室在醫院的庭院中。
ground

noun⁶

6area of interest/study/discussion興趣、研究或討論領域ADJECTIVE | VERB + GROUND | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEfamiliar, home, old熟悉的領域;老本行I was on more familiar ground now that we were talking about our own system.我對此較為熟悉,因為我們在談論我們自己的體系。I apologize if I'm going over old ground.如果我又談到了老本行,那麼非常抱歉。firm, solid牢固掌握的/基礎堅實的領域dangerous, rocky, shaky危險的/不穩固的/不可靠的境地Legally, we're on very shaky ground (= our actions may not be legal).從法律上說,我們未必站得住腳。Both relationships hit rocky ground.這兩種關係都變得不穩固了。safe安全的境地(指提出的看法不會冒犯他人)common共同的領域Both parties in the debate shared some common ground.辯論雙方有一些共識。middle中間立場a search for middle ground between the two sides對雙方折衷立場的探求neutral中立的立場VERB + GROUNDcover, go over, tread涵蓋範圍;考察領域;涉足領域Several researchers have published articles covering this ground.幾位研究者已經發表了涉及這一領域的文章。We just seem to be going over the same ground that we covered last year.我們似乎只是在重複去年已經涉及的內容。PREPOSITIONon... ground處於⋯境地He knew he was on dangerous ground talking about money.他知道談到錢的問題時,就有可能會冒犯他人。PHRASESbreak new ground開闢新天地Her architectural designs have broken new ground.她的建築設計開闢了新天地。hold your ground, stand your ground堅持立場She held her ground in the debate.她在辯論中堅持自己的立場。the moral high ground道德高地I was angry with his blatant attempt to take the moral high ground.他厚顏無恥地吹噓自己有多高尚,我對此非常氣憤。shift your ground改變立場Each time he seemed to be losing the argument, he just shifted his ground.每次他好像都輸掉了辯論,其實他只是改變了一下說法而已。
ground

noun⁷

7grounds reason for sth原因ADJECTIVE | VERB + GROUNDS | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEgood, reasonable, strong, sufficient正當的理由;合理的依據;強有力的理由;充足的理由legitimate, valid合法的依據;令人信服的根據ethical, humanitarian, moral倫理依據;人道主義理由;道德依據economic, legal, political, etc.經濟、法律、政治等依據VERB + GROUNDShave有理由The police had reasonable grounds for arresting her.警方有正當的理由逮捕她。be, give (sb)是理由;(向某人)提供理由His evasiveness gave grounds for suspicion.他含糊其詞,讓人有理由懷疑。PREPOSITIONon... grounds由於⋯原因Permission to open a mine was denied on environmental grounds.由於環境方面的原因,開礦被否決了。on the grounds of因為⋯原因He resigned on the grounds of ill health.他以身體不好為由辭職了。ground for導致⋯的原因Drunkenness at work was sufficient grounds for instant dismissal.工作時醉酒足可導致立即被開除。
ground

verb

be grounded in/on sth ADVERBfirmly, solidly, thoroughly, well以⋯為穩固的基礎;以⋯為牢固的基礎;徹底以⋯為基礎;有很好的基礎His book is firmly grounded in memories of his own childhood.他的書完全以他的童年回憶為基礎。historically, religiously, scientifically, etc.有歷史、宗教、科學等依據
IELTS BNC: 455 COCA: 522
ground noun
floor1 (lying on the ground) garden1 (the castle grounds) land2 (waste ground) pitch (a sports ground) reason (no grounds for complaint) soil (stony/muddy ground) gain ground develop verb1 hold/stand your ground resist verb

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