词汇精选：ground的用法和辨析大纲
一、详细释义：
adj.
切碎的，磨碎的
例句：
The sausages are made of coarsely ground pork.
这些香肠用切得较粗的猪肉制成。
例句：
Do you like ground beef?
你喜欢吃绞碎的牛肉吗？
n.
地，地面
例句：
Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.
经过两星期的平静以后，地面战斗又突然爆发了。
例句：
Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground.
四五十个女人盘腿坐在地上。
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土，土地，土壤 [U]
例句：
The ground had eroded.
这片土壤遭到侵蚀。
例句：
Rain can leach out these chemicals and contaminate ground water beyond the landfill boundaries.
一旦下雨，这些化学品即可滤出，从而污染垃圾填埋场地界以外的地下水。
场地，运动场
例句：
The best fishing grounds are around the islands.
最好的渔场在这些岛屿周围。
例句：
They fought to regain the lost ground.
他们作战以夺回失去的阵地。
立场，观点；范围，领域，基础 [U]
例句：
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。
例句：
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。
根据，理由 [U]
例句：
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。
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。
庭院，花园
例句：
There is a concave rose garden of ground down inside his courtyard.
在他的庭院里，有一片凹下地面的玫瑰花园。
例句：
Where are the palace grounds?
皇家花园在哪里？
接地装置，地线 [U]
例句：
The floating potential, Vf is usually only a few volts below ground.
浮置电势Vf通常只低于接地电位几伏。
例句：
Fit the ground lead and tighten with fastening nut.
安装接地线并用紧固螺母拧紧。
地方
例句：
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。
例句：
Seattle is fertile ground for small businesses.
西雅图是适合小型企业发展的沃土。
优势，有利条件
例句：
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。
例句：
The US dollar lost more ground.
美元失去了更多的优势。
v.
（使）搁浅 [I,T]
例句：
The ship was grounded in shallow water.
船在水浅处搁浅。
例句：
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。
（使）不能起飞，停飞，着陆，把…放在地上 [I,T]
例句：
All aircrafts at London Airport were grounded by fog today.
因大雾天气，今天伦敦机场的所有飞机都被迫停飞。
例句：
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。
以…为根据，建立在…基础上 [I,T]
例句：
Her argument was grounded in fact.
她的观点有事实根据。
例句：
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。
罚…不能出门，禁足 [I,T]
例句：
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。
grind的过去式和过去分词；研磨
例句：
He ground out an oath.
他咬牙切齿地诅咒。
例句：
Most of the wheat will be ground into flour.
大多数麦子将磨成面粉。
二、词义辨析：
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。
三、词义辨析：
earth,clay,dirt,land,dust,soil,mud,ground
这些名词都有“土地，土，泥”之意。earth多指地表带有水分的泥土，较具体。clay特指潮湿时发粘，而火烤后变坚硬的泥土。dirt指地表的干松泥土。land含义笼统。指与河流、海洋相对的陆地，也指可耕种的土地。dust特指土壤干燥后，飞扬于空中的细微泥土。soil特指适宜栽种农作物或生长各种植物的泥土。mud指湿土，尤指雨后稀泥、污泥。ground通常指大地的表面，也可指土壤、泥土或场地。
四、相关短语：
common ground
共同点,共同之处
gain ground
v.1.变得更强大（或更有成效、更成功）；有进步；获得进展 2.逼近
get off the ground
v.飞起,开始发行1. if a plan or activity gets off the ground or you get it off the ground, it starts or succeeds. （计划、规划）的开始 e.g.: The scheme should get off the ground towards the end of this year. A lot more public spending will be required to get this project off the ground. 2. to start. 开始 e.g.: Casey and his friend tried to start a band, but it never got off the ground. A lot more money will be
ground bait
n.投饵(垂钓者投到水底诱鱼的)
ground level
n.[地质]地水准平面,[物理](=ground state)基态能级
ground rule
n.程序,[运动]体育场馆的运动章程基本原则
pleasure ground
n. 游乐场
ground floor
(英)楼房的底层
breeding ground
n.滋生地
burial ground
墓地，坟地，埋弃场，埋藏场
burying ground
n.1.坟场，墓地
ground control
地面控制，地面指挥，地面制导设备
一、参考例句：
The ground had eroded.
这片土壤遭到侵蚀。
The ground froze solid.
地面冻硬了。
The ground has thawed.
地面解冻了。
The ground has thawed out.
地上的冰雪已经融化了。
He ground out an oath.
他咬牙切齿地诅咒。
Do you like ground beef?
你喜欢吃绞碎的牛肉吗？
There is a book on the ground .
地上有本书。
You should ground your argument on fact.
你应该以事实为你的论点打基础。
The ground is terribly dry here.
这里的土地非常干燥。
The enemy supported ground troops with gunships.
敌军以武装直升飞机支援地面部队
