ground /ɡraʊnd/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-SING The ground is the surface of the earth. 地面 ['the' N]

  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.

  我们从屋顶滑下来，掉到地上。

• 2. 

  PHRASE 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. 在地面上/在地面下

• 3. 

  N-SING 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. 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。

• 4. 

  N-SING The ground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface. 地面土壤和石头

  例：

  The ground had eroded.

  地表已遭腐蚀。

• 5. 

  N-UNCOUNT 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. 土地

  例：

  ...a stretch of waste ground.

  …一大片荒地。

• 6. 

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

  例：

  The best fishing grounds are around the islands.

  最好的渔场是在岛屿周围。

• 7. 

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

  例：

  ...the palace grounds.

  …皇家庭院。

• 8. 

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

• 9. 

  N-UNCOUNT 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. 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。

  例：

  This is the most solid ground for optimism.

  这是乐观主义最有力的根据。

• 10. 

  N-UNCOUNT 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. 优势 [journalism]

  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。

• 11. 

  N-VAR 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. 理由

  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个判决。

• 12. 

  N-COUNT The ground in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the same as the . 地线 [美国英语] [usu sing]