1. 场地，场所
2. 地，地面
3. 土地，土壤
4. 根据，理由
5. 范围
6. 渣滓，沉淀物
7. 地域，水域
8. 基础
9. 庭园
10. 阵地
11. 底子
12. 底，海底
13. 立场
14. 背景
15. 【电】地线；接地；接地装置
16. 地板
17. 【矿】脉石
18. 【橄榄球】跑动进攻打法

1. 【海】使搁浅，触海底，搁浅
2. 使停飞， 阻止…起飞
3. 罚（儿童）不准出门
4. 以某事物为基础，根据，基于，把...建立在牢固的基础上，把...基于，在...基础上树立
5. 【电】把...接地，使接地
6. 给...以基础训练，给...打基础，教给...基本知识
7. 依靠
8. 【空】着陆，落地
9. 把...放在地上，使落地
10. 放下（武器）
11. 给上底色，加底子
12. 【棒球】击地滚球，击出内场地滚球后在一垒被杀出局（常与out连用）

1. 动词grind的过去式和过去分词形式

1. （食物）磨碎的，磨成粉的，碾碎的
2. 磨平的
3. 磨过的
4. 土地的，地面上的
5. 接近地面的
6. 生长在地里的

1. [S]地面 solid surface of the earth
2. [U]泥土,土地 soil; earth
3. [C]场地 piece of land used for a particular purpose
4. [C]地域,水域 large area of land or sea used for the stated purpose
5. [C]建筑物四周的土地或花园; 庭园 land or gardens round a building, often enclosed with walls, hedges or fences
6. [C]理由 reason

1. vt. & vi. 搁浅; 停飞 touch the sea bottoms; (of aircraft, airmen) compel to stay on the ground
2. vt. 使接地 earth
3. vt. 将…放在地上 lay on the ground

1. the solid part of the earth's surface;

   "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"
   "the earth shook for several minutes"
   "he dropped the logs on the ground"
   

2. a rational motive for a belief or action;

   "the reason that war was declared"
   "the grounds for their declaration"
   

3. the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface;

   "they dug into the earth outside the church"
   

4. a relation that provides the foundation for something;

   "they were on a friendly footing"
   "he worked on an interim basis"
   

5. a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle);

   "they gained ground step by step"
   "they fought to regain the lost ground"
   

6. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;

   "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
   

7. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use);

   "the land had never been plowed"
   "good agricultural soil"
   

8. a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

9. a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

10. (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

11. the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

1. fix firmly and stably;

   "anchor the lamppost in concrete"
   

2. confine or restrict to the ground;

   "After the accident, they grounded the plane and the pilot"
   

3. place or put on the ground

4. instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

5. bring to the ground;

   "the storm grounded the ship"
   

6. hit or reach the ground

7. throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

8. hit a groundball;

   "he grounded to the second baseman"
   

9. hit onto the ground

10. cover with a primer; apply a primer to

11. connect to a ground;

    "ground the electrical connections for safety reasons"
    

12. use as a basis for; found on;

    "base a claim on some observation"
    

1.地；地面
The ground is the surface of the earth.

e.g. Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on theground...
四五十个女人盘腿坐在地上。
e.g. We slid down the roof and dropped to theground.
我们沿着屋顶滑了下来，落到地上。

2.（相对于空中的）地面
If you say that something takes placeon the ground, you mean it takes place on the surface of the earth and not in the air.

e.g. Coordinating airline traffic on theground 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.土；土地；土壤
The ground is the soil and rock on the earth's surface.

e.g. Theground had eroded.
这片土壤遭到侵蚀。
e.g. ...the marshyground of the river delta.
河流三角洲的沼泽地

4.（尤指建筑物极少或具有某种特性的）土地
You can refer to land asground, especially when it has very few buildings or when it is considered to be special in some way.

ground的反义词

e.g. ...a stretch of wasteground...
一块荒地
e.g. This memorial stands on sacredground.
这块纪念碑屹立于圣地之上。

5.（有特定用途的）场地
You can useground to refer to an area of land, sea, or air which is used for a particular activity.

e.g. ...Indian hunting grounds...
印第安人的狩猎场
e.g. The best fishing grounds are around the islands.
最好的渔场在这些岛屿周围。

6.运动场，…场（美国英语中亦作grounds）
Aground is an area of land which is specially designed and made for playing sport or for some other activity. In American Englishgrounds is also used.

ground的近义词

e.g. ...the city's footballground.
该市的足球场
e.g. ...a paradeground.
阅兵场

7.（大型或重要建筑周围的）场地，庭院，花园
Thegrounds of a large or important building are the garden or area of land which surrounds it.

e.g. ...the palace grounds.
皇家花园
e.g. ...the grounds of the University.
大学校区

8.（适于方法、思想等发展的）地方
You can useground to refer to a place or situation in which particular methods or ideas can develop and be successful.

e.g. The company has maintained its reputation as the developingground for new techniques...
该公司一直享有新技术研发基地的美誉。
e.g. Seattle is fertileground for small businesses.
西雅图是适合小型企业发展的沃土。

9.范围；领域；基础
You can useground in expressions such ason shaky ground andthe same ground to refer to a particular subject, area of experience, or basis for an argument.

e.g. Sensing she was on shakyground, Marie changed the subject...
感到自己的观点站不住脚，玛丽于是换了个话题。
e.g. The French are on solidground 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。

10.优势；有利条件
ground is used in expressions such asgain ground ,lose ground, andgive ground in order to indicate that someone gets or loses an advantage.

e.g. There are signs that the party is gainingground in the latest polls...
有迹象表明该党在最新一轮投票中正逐渐领先。
e.g. The US dollar lost moreground.
美元失去了更多的优势。

11.理由；根据
If something isgrounds for a feeling or action, it is a reason for it. If you do somethingon the grounds of a particular thing, that thing is the reason for your action.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

12.以…为根据；建立在…基础上
If an argument, belief, or opinionis grounded in something, that thing is used to justify it.

e.g. Her argument was grounded in fact...
她的观点有事实根据。
e.g. 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.使不能起飞；使停飞
If an aircraft or its passengersare grounded, they are made to stay on the ground and are not allowed to take off.

e.g. 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。
e.g. A hydrogen leak forced NASA toground 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.罚（儿童）不能出门；禁足
When parentsground a child, they forbid them to go out and enjoy themselves for a period of time, as a punishment.

ground什么意思

e.g. 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.（使）搁浅
If a ship or boatis grounded or if itgrounds, it touches the bottom of the sea, lake, or river it is on, and is unable to move off.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

16.接地装置；地线
Theground 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.

17.（肉等）切碎的，磨碎的
ground meat has been cut into very small pieces in a machine.

ground的解释

e.g. ...ground beef.
绞碎的牛肉
e.g. ...The sausages are made of coarselyground pork.
这些香肠用切得较粗的猪肉制成。

18.

19. see also: grounding;home ground

20.开辟新领域；开创新方法
If youbreak new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.

ground的反义词

e.g. Gellhorn may have broken newground 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.烧为灰烬；夷为平地
If you say that a town or buildingis burnt to the ground oris razed to the ground, you are emphasizing that it has been completely destroyed by fire.

ground

e.g. The town was razed to theground 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 findcommon ground, they agree about something, especially when they do not agree about other things.

23.躲藏起来；潜伏起来
If yougo to ground, you hide somewhere where you cannot easily be found.

e.g. Citizens of East Beirut went toground in basements and shelters.
东贝鲁特的市民们躲进了地下室和掩体中。

24.中间立场；中间观点
Themiddle 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.

ground

e.g. She seems to have found a middleground 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.开始；起步
If something such as a project getsoff the ground, it begins or starts functioning.

e.g. We help small companies to get off theground.
我们帮助一些小公司顺利起步。

26.在自己熟悉的领域里；在自己的地盘
If you areon yourown ground, you are in a place or situation in which you feel confident because you are very familiar with it.

e.g. On her ownground 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.为…打下基础
If youprepare the ground for a future event, course of action, or development, you make it easier for it to happen.

e.g. ...a political initiative which would prepare theground 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 youshift yourground orchange yourground, you change the basis on which you are arguing.

29.坚持主张；坚定立场
If youstand yourground orhold yourground, 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.

ground在线翻译

e.g. The spectacle of Sakharov standing hisground 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.坚守阵地；不退却
If youstand yourground orhold yourground, you do not run away from a situation, but face it bravely.

e.g. She had to force herself to stand herground 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 clothingsuits someonedown to the ground, you mean that it is completely suitable or right for them.

32.为数不多；数目少
If people or things of a particular kind arethin on the ground, there are very few of them.

e.g. Good managers are often thin on theground.
优秀的经理人常常寥寥无几。

33. to have one's ear to theground -> see ear

1. 接地：在U1、U2、U3之后的U4、U5、U6称为einzel lens,作为聚焦离子之用;通常U4和U6接地(ground),而U5加有电压,这飞行时间镜组和聚焦镜的连接与支撑是由陶瓷棒(ceramic rod)所串接而成,而整个镜组则直接锁於一个不锈钢圆筒上,

2.

2.ground：gnd; 接地

地面潮湿时就不应该坐在地上。

探险队到过很多地方。

日久生厌不能成为离婚的理由。

把同样的主题重温两遍根本就没有什么意义。

据说他们都在努力找到共同立场。

大多数证券市场在最近的盈利之后出现了水平下滑的趋势。

20世纪二三十年代的德国以这些观念的盛行为背景。

因大雾天气,今天伦敦机场的所有飞机都被迫停飞。

他父母把他关在家里两个星期。

他们把武器放在地上以示投降。

船在水浅处搁浅。

她给自己的学生打下良好的算术基础。

这些香肠用切得较粗的猪肉制成。

绞碎的牛肉

那条船最终在松软的水下浅滩搁浅了。

居民们被告知不要靠近船只搁浅的区域。

汤普森罚他一个月不能出门，并禁止看电视。

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。

民航部长下令所有飞机不得起飞。

基于对人类精神神圣性的信仰，他们认为灵魂是永恒的。

她的观点有事实根据。

法庭以检控方拒绝出示关键证据为由撤销了那项判决。

他接受采访时阐述了持乐观态度的理由。

美元失去了更多的优势。

有迹象表明该党在最新一轮投票中正逐渐领先。

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。

感到自己的观点站不住脚，玛丽于是换了个话题。

西雅图是适合小型企业发展的沃土。

该公司一直享有新技术研发基地的美誉。

大学校区

皇家花园

阅兵场

该市的足球场

最好的渔场在这些岛屿周围。

印第安人的狩猎场

一块荒地

这块纪念碑屹立于圣地之上。

河流三角洲的沼泽地

这片土壤遭到侵蚀。

协调地面的航空交通与管理空中交通一样复杂。

我们沿着屋顶滑了下来，落到地上。

四五十个女人盘腿坐在地上。

1. He slipped off the ladder and fell to the ground.
   他从梯子上滑下来摔在地上。
2. The bird fell to the ground.
   鸟落到地上。
3. The branch broke and fell to the ground.
   树枝断了,落到了地上。
4. The dead man was lying flat on the ground.
   死者直挺挺地躺在地上。
5. The aircraft hadn't enough power to get off the ground.
   那架飞机的升空动力不足。
6. The ground is dry.
   地是干的。
7. In winter the ground is too hard to dig.
   在冬季,地硬得挖不动。
8. The builders broke ground for a new shopping centre.
   建筑工人们动工建筑一座新的购物中心。
9. They own all the ground in front of you as far as the next hill.
   你面前一直到前面那座山之间的所有土地都归他们所有。
10. This is one of the world's best fishing grounds.
    这是世界上最好的渔场之一。
11. The cheers of the fans echoed round the ground as the team appeared.
    球队刚一上场,球迷们的欢呼声立即响遍全场。
12. They entered the grounds ahead of us.
    他们在我们前面走进了院子。
13. Now that you've seen the house,I'll show you the grounds.
    屋子你已看过了,我领你参观一下庭园。
14. The house has large and pleasant grounds.
    这座房屋的庭园宽敞宜人。
15. The grounds around his house are beautiful.
    他房子周围的庭园很美。
16. They managed to cover quite a lot of ground in a short programme.
    他们设法在一个短小的节目中包罗了多方面的内容。
17. This graduate course covers the same ground as the undergraduate degree course in Educational Administration.
    这门研究生课程与教育管理学的本科学位课程内容相同。
18. It was absurd to try to cover so much ground in such a short lecture.
    在这么短的一次演讲中,想要涉及如此广泛的知识领域是不明智的。
19. You're on dangerous ground when you criticize his daughter.
    你批评他女儿就要惹出是非了。
20. The curtains have white flowers on a blue ground.
    窗帘是蓝底白花的。
21. The ship touched ground a few yards from the shore.
    船在距海岸几码处搁浅了。
22. Their ship touched the ground.
    他们的船搁浅了。
23. Throw out the coffee grounds.
    把咖啡渣滓倒掉。
24. They had no ground to arrest him.
    他们没有理由逮捕他。
25. We had sufficient grounds to sue.
    我们有充足的理由提起诉讼。
26. Her claim was disallowed on the grounds that she had not paid her premium.
    她要求赔款遭到拒绝,原因是她事先没有交纳保险费。
27. You have no grounds for complaint.
    你没有抱怨的理由。
28. If you continue to behave like this you will give them grounds for dismissing you.
    你照这样下去就让他们找到辞退你的理由了。
29. The grounds for his action was never clearly stated.
    他从未清楚地说明过采取这一行动的根据。
30. There is no grounds for anxiety.
    没有理由值得焦虑。
31. Desertion is a ground for divorce.
    被配偶遗弃是离婚的充分理由。
32. I had to retire on medical grounds of ill health.
    我因健康状况不得以才退休了。
33. On what grounds do you make that accusation?
    你根据什么提出那项指控。
34. They don't give me much ground for complaint.
    他们使我感到没什么可抱怨的。

1. The ship has grounded.
   这船已搁浅了。
2. All the planes today have grounded.
   今天所有的飞机都停飞了。

1. The fog grounded the airliners.
   大雾迫使班机停飞。
2. He grounded a boat.
   他把船停在一个地方。
3. The enemy grounded arms.
   敌人放下武器投降了。
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4. He was a pilot in the air force but was grounded because of an eye injury.
   他原是空军的一名飞行员,但因眼睛受伤而被迫停飞了。
5. Our ship was grounded in shallow water.
   我们的船在浅水中搁浅了。
6. The boxer was grounded by his opponent.
   那个拳击手被对手打倒在地。
7. The theory is ill grounded.
   这学说的基础不稳固。

below ground

地面之下,在地下 beneath the surface of the earth

break fresh ground

开辟新天地,开始新的事业 introduce or discover a new method, system, etc.; innovate

cover ground

行过一段距离,完成一定量的工作 walk a long distance; finish a lot of work

cut the ground from under

先发制人地破坏某人的计划,拆某人的台 spoil sb's plan, argument, defence, etc. by anticipating it

from the ground up

完全地,彻底地 completely

gain ground

逼近 get gradually closer to sb/sth going in the same direction as oneself

get off the ground

顺利开始 make a successful start

give ground

退却,让步 retreat

go to ground

潜伏,躲藏 at somewhere that people couldn't find

hold one's ground

坚守阵地; 坚持立场 not go away; keep one's idea

lose ground

败退,退却,失去地盘,失利 retreat

on (the) ground〔grounds〕 of

根据…,以…为理由 depend upon sth

prepare the ground

使…能够或容易发展 make the development of sth possible or easier

run into the ground

把…搞得精疲力竭 wear sb/sth out completely; exhaust sb/sth
run oneself/sb into the ground

By working 13 hours a day she is running herself into the ground.

她一天工作13个小时,把自己搞得精疲力竭。

shift one's ground

改变立场 change the basis of one's argument, claim, etc.

suit down to the ground

完全适合 completely, utterly
suit sb down to the ground

Mary's new job suits her down to the ground.

玛丽的新工作正合她的心意。

to the ground

夷为平地 destroying completely

ground in( v.+prep. )

训练…,打好…的基础 give the basic exercise; be well trained in
ground sb/oneself in sth

The teacher grounded his pupils in English.

老师使学生们在英语方面打下良好的基础。

He grounded himself thoroughly in mathematics.

他在数学方面接受过全面的基础训练。

The class is well grounded in grammar.

这个班的学生语法基础好。

Every educated man of the 19th century was well grounded in Latin and Greek.19

世纪凡是受过教育的人在拉丁语和希腊语方面都有很好的基础。

I don't know how well this young lawyer performs in court, but at least he's well grounded in the principles of such cases.

我不知道这位年轻的律师在法庭上的表现如何,不过,他起码精通处理这类案件的原则。

ground on( v.+prep. )

搁浅在… stop the ship at somewhere

• ground">afford ground提供证据
• ground">break ground破土动工,创办
• ground">buy up ground买下地皮
• ground">clean the ground打扫场地
• ground">clear ground清理土地
• ground">fall to ground掉到地上
• grounds">lay out the grounds设计庭园
• ground">leave the ground离开陆地
• ground">level the ground平整地面
• ground">own ground拥有土地
• ground">plough the ground犁地
• ground">show ground参观庭园
• ground">take the ground搁浅,登滩
• ground">touch ground触到水底

• ground">actual ground现场
• ground">broken ground新开垦的土地,凹凸不平之地
• ground">classic ground文艺胜地
• ground">common ground共同点,一致点
• ground">damp ground湿地
• ground%28s%29">equal ground(s)同等条件
• ground">firm ground牢固的基础
• ground">fresh ground处女地,新天地
• ground">good ground充分的理由
• ground">high ground高地,地势高
• ground">historical ground历史根据,历史的原因
• ground">middle ground中间的场地
• ground">new ground处女地,新天地,新的领域
• ground">same ground同样的理由
• ground">smooth ground平坦的地面
• ground">soft ground基础不牢
• ground">solid ground牢固的基础
• grounds">sound grounds可靠的根据
• ground%28s%29">strong ground(s)强硬立场,强有力的根据
• ground">white ground白底

• ground">battle ground战场
• grounds">parade grounds阅兵场
• grounds">parking grounds停车场
• ground">tennis ground网球场
• ground">aviation ground飞机场
• ground">base ground基本根据,基点,基础
• grounds">coffee grounds咖啡渣
• grounds">college grounds校园
• ground">exercise ground操场,练习场地,运动场
• ground">fishing ground渔场
• ground">football ground足球场
• grounds">grazing grounds牧场
• ground">holiday ground游览地
• ground">proving ground射击场,武器试验场
• ground">rising ground高台
• ground">school ground学校校园,学校运动场
• ground">sports ground运动场
• ground">training ground训练场

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• ground%20cover">ground cover地被,地被物
• ground%20floor">ground floor底楼
• ground%20plan">ground plan平面图
• ground%20speed">ground speed(飞机的)对地速度

• ground">above (the) ground活着
• ground">below ground死了,埋葬了
• ground%20up">from the ground up从头开始,彻底
• ground">a piece of ground一块地
• ground">have one's feet on the ground脚踏实地,现实
• ground">on a white ground白底
• ground">on firm ground处于安全地位
• ground">on one's own ground在自己熟悉的领域里,主场
• ground">on the ground在地上,当场,在基础上
• ground%20of">on the ground of以…为理由,以…为借口,以…为基础
• ground%20of%20failing%20health">on the ground of failing health由于健康不佳

• grounds%20of%20the%20university">grounds of the university大学的校园

• ground%20arms">ground arms放下武器
• ground%20boat">ground boat搁浅船只
• ground%20the%20airliners">ground the airliners班机停飞
• ground%20the%20opponent">ground the opponent打倒对手

• ground%20for">ground for因…被搁浅
• ground%20in">ground in搁浅在…中,在…方面加强训练
• ground%20on">ground on以…为基础

• We praised God from the ground of the heart.

  出自：fig.

• A large part of altruism,..is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about.

  出自：H. L. Mencken

• Culture itself is grounded in man's highly specific psycho-biological nature.

  出自：P. Fuller

1. ground的基本意思是“地面”,指相对于天空而言的地球的表面; 也可指“泥土,土地”。ground也可指陆上或海上一片特殊的“地域,水域”,作“庭园,花园”解时常指建筑物周围的空地。ground还可以指做一件事情的原因,即“理由”。引申可指“内容”“背景”“渣滓”等。
2. ground通常用作可数名词,作“场地,庭园”“理由”“渣滓”等解时常以复数形式出现,作“地面”解时一般只用单数形式。ground在作“土地,泥土”“范围,内容,话题”等解时可用作不可数名词,“一块地”说a piece of ground。
3. ground作“理由,根据,原因”解时,有时用作复数,可接单数谓语,有时也可用作单数,有时甚至用作不可数名词。
4. 在作“庭园”解时, grounds前通常加介词in,而不加介词on。

1. ground用作名词时的意思是“地面”,转化成动词意为“将…放在地上”,常指“搁浅,停飞”,即由于自然条件的影响或机械故障等原因而造成船只“搁浅”,飞机“停飞”。
2. ground可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
3. ground接介词in可表示“在…(方面)打基础”; 接介词on可表示“根据…作出结论”“以…为基础”。

grounds, cause, excuse, reason

这组词都有“理由,原因”的意思。其区别在于:cause指造成一种事实或现象的比较直接的“原因,根源,起因”,它表示的原因是指导致某种结果的客观条件、情况、事件、力量等; reason强调“推理”,指对于某个情况或看法从逻辑推理上引出结论的“理由”; excuse指为了避免责任而设法辩解过错或设法使之显得轻微,指找出的“理由,原因”或“借口”; grounds指一种有根据的“理由”,有时可译作“原因”。例如:

Give your reason for changing the plan.把你改变计划的理由讲一下。

He is always late, and always has an excuse.他总是迟到,而且总有借口。

I have not much grounds for believing the information.我没有充分的依据去相信这个消息。

ground, earth, land, soil

这组词的共同意思是“地面,陆地”。其区别是：

earth是相对于天空或太空而言的“地面”; land是指地球表面相对于海洋而言时的“地面”,有时还可指“地产”。例如:

After working at sea for several years,I got a job on land.在海上工作数年之后,我在陆地找了一份工作。

The duke's lands stretch for many miles in all directions.方圆许多英里之内都是公爵的地产。

ground指人们在上面行走的地面或具有一定面积限度的空地。例如:

The apple fell to the ground.苹果掉落到地上。

soil主要表示栽培植物的“土壤”,也可引申为“国土,国度”。例如:

This soil is good for growing things.这土壤很适合种植。

They trod on this country's soil.他们在这个国度里做买卖。

ground, floor

两者都可以表示“地面”,但floor指室内的地面; 而ground则指室外的地面。试比较:

There was a cat lying on the floor.

有只猫躺在地板上。

There was a cow lying on the ground.

有头牛躺在地上。

下面三个短语都是“以…为理由”的意思:

on the grounds of

on the ground of

on grounds of

base，basis，foundation，ground

这些名词均含有“基础”之意。

base侧重指构成或支撑某一具体物体的基础，也可指军事基地或用作比喻意义。

basis主要用作抽象或引申意义。

foundation用于具体意义时，侧重指坚固结实的建筑物的基础或地基；用作比喻意义时，与basis基本相同。

ground含义与basis和foundation接近。一般指某种决定、论点或关系的基础，也可指某种原因的基础。