"ground"单词详解

1. 地面 

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。

We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground.

我们从屋顶滑下来，掉到地上。

2.  在地面上

例：

Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.

协调飞机在地面上的交通和掌控空中交通一样复杂。

3. 地表

例：

The ground had eroded.

地表已遭腐蚀。

4. 土地

例：

A stretch of waste ground.

一大片荒地。

5. 场地

例：

The best fishing grounds are around the islands.

最好的渔场是在岛屿周围。

6. 庭院

例：

The palace grounds.

皇家庭院。

7. 地方; 环境

例：

The company has maintained its reputation as the developing ground for new techniques.

该公司仍保持着新技术研发地的声誉。

8. 依据

例：

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

感觉自己的根据站不住脚，玛丽于是转变了话题。

This is the most solid ground for optimism.

这是乐观主义最有力的根据。

常用词组

common ground （争论双方的）共同基础；一致之处

ground water 地下水

down to the ground 彻底地，完全；在一切方面

ground floor 底层，基层；第一层楼

on the ground of 以…为理由；因为

find common ground 找到共同点