grounded

• adj. 接地的；有基礎的
• v. 停（ground的過去式）；觸地

來自ground, 地麵。引申義接地氣的，現實的。

grounded (adj.)

late 14c., "learned, instructed thoroughly in the basics;" 1540s as "firmly fixed or established," past participle adjective from ground (v.). Electrical sense is from 1889. Meaning "having been denied privileges" is from 1940s. Dickens had room-ridden "confined to one's room."

1. Thompson grounded him for a month, and banned television.

湯普森罰他一個月不能出門，並禁止看電視。

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2. The civil aviation minister ordered all the planes to be grounded.

民航部長下令所有飛機不得起飛。

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3. The boat finally grounded on a soft, underwater bank.

那條船最終在鬆軟的水下淺灘擱淺了。

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4. The car took a lurch forward but grounded in a deep rut.

車子猛地向前動了一下，但是隨後就陷在一條深深的車轍裏了。

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5. Her argument was grounded in fact.

她的觀點有事實根據。

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