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grounds

英美[graɪnd]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

n. 根据，理由（ground的复数形式）；基础；地面；运动场地
v. 把…放在地上；把…建立在牢固的基础上；上底色（ground的第三人称单数）

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英英释意

1. your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief;: "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

2. the enclosed land around a house or other building;: "it was a small house with almost no yard"

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

4. a justification for something existing or happening;: "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

5. sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid

英文词源

grounds (n.): "residue at the bottom of a liquid," mid-14c., perhaps from past tense of grind (v.). Other senses, such as "enclosed portion of land" (mid-15c.) are from ground (n.).

考试真题

And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.

The experience on Main Street stimulated self-improvement, and encouraged members to take pride in their home grounds and the total community.

1 million breeding pairs - will be forced to relocate their breeding grounds, or face extinction by 2100.

Although the planned operation will be located more than miles away, drawing the soda ash in through pipelines, conservationists worry it could still upset the natural water cycle and breeding grounds.

And as the distance between their breeding grounds and their food grows, entire colonies could be wiped out.

As the ocean warms, a body of water called the Antarctic Polar Front - an upward movement of nutrient-rich sea that supports a huge abundance of marine life - is being pushed further south. This means that king penguins, which feed on fish and krill in th

Instead of flying thousands of miles in search of food, they make the waste sites their winter feeding grounds.

The report found that although some king penguins may be able to relocate to new breeding grounds closer to their retreating food source, suitable new habitats would be scarce.

The study by Greenpeace analysed the movements of krill fishing vessels in the region and found they were increasingly operating "in the immediate vicinity of penguin colonies and whale feeding grounds" It also highlights incidents of fishing boats being

The study's report states that as global warming transforms the environment in the world's last great wilderness, 70 percent of king penguins could either disappear or be forced to find new breeding grounds.

But there are few places where clients have more grounds for complaint than America.

实用场景例句

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。

Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense.: 欧文因费用问题对此表示反对。

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。

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。

The castle is set in 25 acres of beautiful grounds.: 这座城堡坐落于一片方圆25英亩、风景秀丽的土地上。

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。

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。

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。

The grounds were a perfect balance between neatness and natural wildness.: 这些庭园是整齐有序和天然粗放的完美结合。

Good hunting grounds are becoming harder to find.: 好的猎场变得越来越难找了。

There are grounds for impeachment.: 存在弹劾的理由。

You are being discharged on medical grounds.: 出于健康原因你将会退伍。

He was found not guilty of murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility.: 他未被判谋杀罪是基于精神失常而减轻了刑事责任。

The house has extensive grounds.: 这栋房子有宽敞的庭院。

He retired early on grounds of ill health .: 他由于身体不好而提早退休。