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1. 以上各词均指事情发生或做某事的原因、理由、解释。
   These are all words for a cause or an explanation for sth that has happened or that sb has done.
2. 指某事发生或做某事的原因、理由、解释、正当理由、道理：
   a cause or an explanation for sth that has happened or that sb has done; a fact that makes it right or fair to do sth
   1. He said no but he didn't give a reason.
      他说不行，但没有说明原因。
3. 指说、做或相信某事的充分理由、根据：
   ( rather formal ) a good or true reason for saying, doing or believing sth
   1. You have no grounds for complaint.
      你没有理由抱怨。
4. 指为自己行为所作的辩护、借口、理由：
   a reason, either true or invented, that you give to explain or defend your behaviour; a good reason that you give for doing sth that you want to do for other reasons
   1. Late again! What's your excuse this time?
      又迟到了！你这次有什么借口？
   2. It gave me an excuse to take the car.
      这使我有理由开车去了。
5. 指动机、原因：
   a reason that explains sb's behaviour
   1. There seemed to be no motive for the murder.
      这起谋杀案看不出有什么动机。
6. （常用于否定句）指必须、需要：
   (usually used in negative statements) a good reason to do sth
   1. There is no need for you to get up early tomorrow.
      你明天不必早起。
7. 指事物存在或做某事的正当理由：
   ( rather formal ) a good reason why sth exists or is done
   1. I can see no possible justification for any further tax increases.
      我看不出还能提出什么理由再加税了。
8. 指某种感情或行为产生的原因、动机、缘故：
   ( rather formal ) a reason for having particular feelings or behaving in a particular way
   1. There is no cause for alarm .
      不必恐慌。
9. 指为掩盖做某事（通常为不好的事）的真正理由而找的借口、托词：
   ( rather formal ) a false reason that you give for doing sth, usually sth bad, in order to hide the real reason
   1. He left the party early on the pretext of having to work.
      他借口有事要处理，早早离开了聚会。

1. N-SING 地；地面
   The ground is the surface of the earth.
   1. Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground...
      四五十个女人盘腿坐在地上。
   2. We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground.
      我们沿着屋顶滑了下来，落到地上。
2. N-SING （相对于空中的）地面
   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.
   1. Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.
      协调地面的航空交通与管理空中交通一样复杂。
3. N-SING 土；土地；土壤
   The ground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface.
   1. The ground had eroded.
      这片土壤遭到侵蚀。
   2. ...the marshy ground of the river delta.
      河流三角洲的沼泽地
4. N-UNCOUNT （尤指建筑物极少或具有某种特性的）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.
   1. ...a stretch of waste ground...
      一块荒地
   2. This memorial stands on sacred ground.
      这块纪念碑屹立于圣地之上。
5. N-COUNT （有特定用途的）场地
   You can use ground to refer to an area of land, sea, or air which is used for a particular activity.
   1. ...Indian hunting grounds...
      印第安人的狩猎场
   2. The best fishing grounds are around the islands.
      最好的渔场在这些岛屿周围。
6. N-COUNT 运动场，…场（美国英语中亦作grounds）
   A ground is an area of land which is specially designed and made for playing sport or for some other activity. In American English grounds is also used.
   1. ...the city's football ground.
      该市的足球场
   2. ...a parade ground.
      阅兵场
7. N-PLURAL （大型或重要建筑周围的）场地，庭院，花园
   The grounds of a large or important building are the garden or area of land which surrounds it.
   1. ...the palace grounds.
      皇家花园
   2. ...the grounds of the University.
      大学校区
8. N-VAR （适于方法、思想等发展的）地方
   You can use ground to refer to a place or situation in which particular methods or ideas can develop and be successful.
   1. 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美誉。
   2. Seattle is fertile ground for small businesses.
      西雅图是适合小型企业发展的沃土。
9. N-UNCOUNT 范围；领域；基础
   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.
   1. Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject...
      感到自己的观点站不住脚，玛丽于是换了个话题。
   2. The French are on solid ground when they argue that competitiveness is no reason for devaluation...
      法国人认为不能以提高竞争力为由进行贬值，他们是有道理的。
   3. It's often necessary to go over the same ground more than once.
      常常有必要对同样的内容不只一次地进行检查。
10. N-UNCOUNT 优势；有利条件
    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.
    1. There are signs that the party is gaining ground in the latest polls...
       有迹象表明该党在最新一轮投票中正逐渐领先。
    2. The US dollar lost more ground.
       美元失去了更多的优势。
11. N-VAR 理由；根据
    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.
    1. In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism...
       他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。
    2. The court overturned that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial evidence...
       法庭以检控方拒绝出示关键证据为由撤销了那项判决。
    3. Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense.
       欧文因费用问题对此表示反对。
12. VERB 以…为根据；建立在…基础上
    If an argument, belief, or opinion is grounded in something, that thing is used to justify it.
    1. Her argument was grounded in fact...
       她的观点有事实根据。
    2. They believe the soul is immortal, grounding this belief on the Divine nature of the human spirit.
       基于对人类精神神圣性的信仰，他们认为灵魂是永恒的。
13. VERB 使不能起飞；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.
    1. The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded...
       民航部长下令所有飞机不得起飞。
    2. A hydrogen leak forced NASA to ground the space shuttle.
       氢气泄漏迫使美国国家航空航天局停止了航天飞机的发射。
14. VERB 罚（儿童）不能出门；禁足
    When parents ground a child, they forbid them to go out and enjoy themselves for a period of time, as a punishment.
    1. Thompson grounded him for a month, and banned television.
       汤普森罚他一个月不能出门，并禁止看电视。
15. V-ERG （使）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.
    1. Residents have been told to stay away from the region where the ship was grounded...
       居民们被告知不要靠近船只搁浅的区域。
    2. The boat finally grounded on a soft, underwater bank.
       那条船最终在松软的水下浅滩搁浅了。
    3. ...a grounded oil tanker.
       搁浅的油轮
16. 接地装置；地线
    The ground in an electric plug or piece of electrical equipment is the wire through which electricity passes into the ground and which makes the equipment safe.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 earth


17. ADJ （肉等）切碎的，磨碎的
    Ground meat has been cut into very small pieces in a machine.
    1. ...ground beef.
       绞碎的牛肉
    2. ...The sausages are made of coarsely ground pork.
       这些香肠用切得较粗的猪肉制成。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 minced


18. 
    Ground is the past tense and past participle of grind .
19. See also: grounding home ground
20. PHRASE 开辟新领域；开创新方法
    If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.
    1. 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，她也许已经开辟了一片新的天地。
21. PHRASE 烧为灰烬；夷为平地
    If you say that a town or building is burnt to the ground or is razed to the ground, you are emphasizing that it has been completely destroyed by fire.
    1. The town was razed to the ground after the French Revolution.
       该镇在法国大革命后被夷为平地。
22. 共同看法；相同的立场
    If two people or groups find common ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.
23. PHRASE 躲藏起来；潜伏起来
    If you go to ground, you hide somewhere where you cannot easily be found.
    1. Citizens of East Beirut went to ground in basements and shelters.
       东贝鲁特的市民们躲进了地下室和掩体中。
24. PHRASE 中间立场；中间观点
    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.
    1. She seems to have found a middle ground in which mutual support, rather than complete dependency, is possible.
       她似乎已经找到了实现相互支持而非完全依赖其中一方的中间立场。
25. PHRASE 开始；起步
    If something such as a project gets off the ground, it begins or starts functioning.
    1. We help small companies to get off the ground.
       我们帮助一些小公司顺利起步。
26. PHRASE 在自己熟悉的领域里；在自己的地盘
    If you are on your own ground, you are in a place or situation in which you feel confident because you are very familiar with it.
    1. On her own ground she knows exactly what she's doing.
       她在自己熟悉的领域里对自己的行为有十足的把握。
27. PHRASE 为…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.
    1. ...a political initiative which would prepare the ground for war.
       为战争埋下了伏笔的政治倡议
28. 改变立场；改变观点
    If you shift your ground or change your ground, you change the basis on which you are arguing.
29. PHRASE 坚持主张；坚定立场
    If you stand your ground or hold your ground, you continue to support a particular argument or to have a particular opinion when other people are opposing you or trying to make you change your mind.
    1. The spectacle of Sakharov standing his ground and speaking his mind gave me hope.
       萨哈罗夫坚持立场、坦率直言的样子让我看到了希望。
30. PHRASE 坚守阵地；不退却
    If you stand your ground or hold your ground, you do not run away from a situation, but face it bravely.
    1. She had to force herself to stand her ground when she heard someone approaching.
       听到有人走近，她只好强迫自己鼓起勇气，绝不退缩。
31. （工作、衣服等）完全适合
    If you say that something such as a job or piece of clothing suits someone down to the ground, you mean that it is completely suitable or right for them.
32. PHRASE 为数不多；数目少
    If people or things of a particular kind are thin on the ground, there are very few of them.
    1. Good managers are often thin on the ground.
       优秀的经理人常常寥寥无几。
33. to have one's ear to the ground → see: ear

1. The government had to recall many officers who had been cashiered on political grounds.
   政府不得不召回许多由于政治原因被革职的军官。
2. They fanned out and carefully combed the temple grounds.
   他们呈扇形散开，在寺庙周围仔细搜寻。
3. The Board has banned the film on the grounds that it contravenes criminal libel laws
   委员会决定禁播这部电影，理由是它触犯了刑事诽谤法。
4. The government says the detentions are necessary on national security grounds.
   政府称，出于国家安全的考虑，将这些人羁押是必要的。
5. Borland was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.
   基于精神失常可减轻刑事责任的理由，博兰被免除了谋杀罪，但仍然获判过失杀人。
6. We base this call on grounds of social justice and equity.
   我们基于社会正义和公平发出这一呼吁。
7. When built, the palace and its grounds were more extensive than the city itself.
   建成时，宫殿及其庭园比城市本身面积还要大。
8. I filed for divorce on the grounds of adultery a few months later.
   几个月后我以通奸为由提起了离婚诉讼。
9. He has now been formally given the grounds for his arrest.
   他现在已被正式告知了自己被捕的原因。
10. The best fishing grounds are around the islands.
    最好的渔场在这些岛屿周围。
11. In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism
    他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。
12. The court overturned that decision on the grounds that the Prosecution had withheld crucial evidence
    法庭以检控方拒绝出示关键证据为由撤销了那项判决。
13. Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense.
    欧文因费用问题对此表示反对。
14. Air bombardment raised criticism on the humanitarian grounds that innocent civilians might suffer.
    空袭遭到了批评，因为从人道主义的立场来看，无辜的平民可能会受到伤害。
15. Auctions are good hunting grounds, but set yourself a price limit.
    拍卖会是很好的淘宝场所，但要给自己限定一个价格。
16. Good hunting grounds are becoming harder to find.
    好的猎场变得越来越难找了。
17. There are grounds for impeachment.
    存在弹劾的理由。
18. The violence of the revolutionary years was justifiable on the grounds of political necessity.
    出于政治需要，革命年代的暴力行为是情有可原的。
19. A boutique and beauty salon are conveniently located within the grounds.
    时装店和美容院就在区内，非常方便。
20. A Spanish judge rejected the suit on procedural grounds
    一个西班牙法官基于程序上的原因驳回了诉讼。
21. He denies murder on the grounds of provocation
    他否认激情杀人。
22. Discrimination by employers on the grounds of race and nationality was illegal.
    雇主以种族或国籍为由歧视员工是非法的。
23. They raised the money to buy the house and two hundred acres of grounds.
    他们筹钱来购买房屋及200英亩的土地。
24. The committee ruled against all-night opening mainly on safety grounds.
    委员会反对通宵营业主要是出于安全方面的考虑。
25. The testimony presented offered a strong case for acquitting her on grounds of self-defense
    当庭的证词为裁定她是正当防卫而无罪提供了强有力的证据。
26. He declined further comment on the grounds that the case was sub judice.
    他以该案件正在审理之中为由拒绝作进一步的评论。
27. At present many schools 'sports grounds are grossly underused.
    目前许多学校的体育场都根本没有得到充分的利用。
28. His former chauffeur is claiming unfair dismissal on the grounds of racial discrimination.
    他的前任司机声称自己因为种族歧视而遭到了不公平解雇。
29. The open cities will be testing grounds for our external policies.
    使开放城市成为对外政策的窗口。

noun

1. the enclosed land around a house or other building
   1. it was a small house with almost no yard

   Synonym:    yardcurtilage

2. your basis for belief or disbelief
   1. the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling

   Synonym:    evidence

3. a justification for something existing or happening
   1. he had no cause to complain
   2. they had good reason to rejoice

   Synonym:    causereason

4. a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

5. dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue
   1. it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds