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groundnounuk/ɡraʊnd/ us/ɡraʊnd/

ground noun LAND

the ground [ S ]

B1 the surface of the earth地，地面

I sat down on the ground.我坐在地上。

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Cracks had appeared in the dry ground.

The plane dived towards the ground and exploded in a ball of flame.

A post had been driven into the ground near the tree.

The nuclear waste has been entombed in concrete many metres under the ground.

At the end of the race his legs gave out and he collapsed on the ground.

B2 [ U ] soil土；土壤；土地

soft/stony ground松软的／满是石头的土地
The ground was frozen hard and was impossible to dig.土地冻实了，根本挖不动。

B1 [ C ] an area of land used for a particular purpose or activity（有特殊用途的）地域，场地

a football ground足球场
The lake has become a dumping ground for toxic chemicals.这个湖成了倾斜有毒化学物品的地方。
skills learnt on the training ground (= place where sports teams practise)在训练场上学到的技巧
grounds [ plural ]

C2 the gardens and land that surround a building and often have a wall or fence around them（常由墙或栅栏围起来的建筑物周围的）庭院，场地，花园

We went for a walk around the hospital grounds.我们在医院的院子里散步走了几圈。

ground noun CAUSE

C2 [ C usually plural ] a reason, cause, or argument原因，根据，理由

She is suing the company on grounds of unfair dismissal.她正以公司不公正解雇她为由对其提起诉讼。
UK Do you have any ground for suspecting them?你有什么根据怀疑他们？
[ + to infinitive ] We have grounds to believe that you have been lying to us.我们有理由相信，你一直在对我们撒谎。
[ + that ] He refused to answer on the grounds that the question violated his rights to privacy.他以个人隐私被侵犯为由拒绝作出答复。

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There should be no discrimination on the grounds of colour.

Do you have any grounds for complaint ?

The accused pleaded not guilty on grounds of diminished responsibility.

He refused to say anything on the grounds that he might incriminate himself.

She is suing the company on grounds of unfair dismissal.

ground noun AREA OF KNOWLEDGE

C2 [ U ] an area of knowledge or experience（知识、经验等的）领域，范围；学科

When the conversation turns to politics he's on familiar ground (= he knows a lot about this subject).当谈话转向政治时，他便如鱼得水。
Once we'd found some common ground (= things we both knew about) we got along very well together.在找到一些共同语言之后，我们开始相处融洽了。
The lectures covered a lot of ground (= included information on many different subjects).这些演讲涵盖了众多学科的内容。
I enjoyed her first novel, but I felt in the second she was going over the same ground (= dealing with the same area of experience).我很喜欢她的第一部小说，但是我觉得她的第二部小说涉及的是同样的题材。

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The debate is becoming polarized and there seems to be no middle ground.

I think you're on very shaky ground with that argument.

He's annoying to argue with because he keeps shifting his ground.

The party has watered down its socialist ideals in order to appeal to the centre ground.

We covered a lot of ground in the first few weeks of the course.

ground noun WIRE

[ C usually singular ] US UK earth a wire that makes a connection between a piece of electrical equipment and the ground, so the user is protected from feeling an electric shock if the equipment develops a fault地线

ground noun COFFEE

grounds [ plural ]

the small grains of coffee left at the bottom of a cup or other container that has had coffee in it咖啡渣

See also
grind verb (MAKE SMALLER)

Idiom(s)

drive/work yourself into the ground
get (sth) off the ground
go/be run to ground
on the ground
groundverbuk/ɡraʊnd/ us/ɡraʊnd/

ground verb GRIND

past simple and past participle ofgrind （grind的过去式及过去分词）

ground verb KEEP ON LAND

be grounded

If a ship is grounded, it cannot move because it has hit solid ground.使（船）搁浅

The oil tanker was grounded on a sandbank.油轮搁浅在一片沙滩上。

[ T often passive ] If aircraft are grounded, they are prevented from flying or ordered not to fly.禁止…飞行；使停飞

The snowstorm meant that all planes were grounded.这场暴风雪导致航班全部停飞。

ground verb PUNISH

[ T ] to forbid (= refuse to allow) a child or young person from going out as a punishment罚（孩子）不许出门

My parents grounded me for a week.我爸妈罚我一星期不许出门。

ground verb PUT WIRE

[ T usually passive ] US UK earth to connect a piece of electrical equipment to the ground with a wire把（电线）接地

You could get a nasty shock from that water heater if it isn't grounded properly.如果电热水器接地不良的话，可能会发生很严重的触电事故。

ground verb CAUSE

be grounded in sth formal

to be based firmly on something根据，基于

Fiction should be grounded in reality.小说应该以现实生活为基础。
Most phobias are grounded in childhood experiences.大多数的恐惧症都源于儿时的经历。
See also
well grounded

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