1.?地面?

例：

Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground.

四五十個婦女正盤腿坐在地上。

We slid down the roof and dropped to the ground.

我們從屋頂滑下來，掉到地上。

2.??在地面上

例：

Coordinating airline traffic on the ground is as complicated as managing the traffic in the air.

協調飛機在地面上的交通和掌控空中交通一樣復雜。

3. 地表

例：

The ground had eroded.

地表已遭腐蝕。

4.?土地

例：

A stretch of waste ground.

一大片荒地。

5.?場地

例：

The best fishing grounds are around the islands.

最好的漁場是在島嶼周圍。

6.?庭院

例：

The palace grounds.

皇家庭院。

7.?地方; 環境

例：

The company has maintained its reputation as the developing ground for new techniques.

該公司仍保持著新技術研發地的聲譽。

8.?依據

例：

Sensing she was on shaky ground, Marie changed the subject.

感覺自己的根據站不住腳，瑪麗于是轉變了話題。

This is the most solid ground for optimism.

這是樂觀主義最有力的根據。

常用詞組

common ground （爭論雙方的）共同基礎；一致之處

ground water 地下水

down to the ground 徹底地，完全；在一切方面

ground floor 底層，基層；第一層樓

on the ground of 以…為理由；因為

find common ground 找到共同點