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grounds [plural] the land or gardens around a large building that belong to it（建筑物周围附设的）场地，庭院，花园◆they scrambled over the wall and into the embassy grounds.他们翻墙进入使馆的院子。◆concerts are often held in the grounds of the castle.音乐会经常在那座城堡的庭院里举行。grounds [plural] (rather formal) a good or true reason for saying, doing or believing sth（说话、做事或相信某事的）充分的理由，根据◆you have no grounds for complaint.你没有理由抱怨。◆he retired from the job on health grounds.他因健康原因离职。◆employers cannot discriminate on grounds of age.雇主不得有年龄歧视。☞ groundgroundssee ⇨ reason 2 • • •• ⇨ the grounds grounds /grandz; ɡraʊndz/n [plural 复数] 1. reasons for doing something 理由; 根据:◇on the grounds of/that you can't fire a woman on the grounds that she's pregnant. 你不能因为一个人怀孕了就解雇她。◇+ for snoring! that should be grounds for divorce! 打呼噜！那竟然也是离婚的理由！ 2. the land or gardens around a large building ［大建筑物周围的］空地，庭园:◇they walked around the hospital grounds. 他们在医院的花园里散步。 |