原标题：【学姐带你学英语】—— “停飞”可不是“stop flying”！

【学姐带你学英语】

“停飞”可不是“stop flying”！

3月10日，埃塞俄比亚航空一架波音737-8客机起飞后不久坠毁，机上157人无一生还。这是5个月内波音737-8型飞机出现的第二次坠机事件，去年10月底，印度尼西亚狮航一架波音737-8型客机坠海。此次事件发生之后，多国密集发布“停飞令”、“禁飞令”。

但是“停飞”可不是“stop flying”！

ground

使停飞

Q: Just a quick question in terms of Boeing 737-8 aircraft. How much longer do you think the groundingof aircraft in China will continue?

问：有一个关于波音737-8飞机的问题。波音737-8飞机在中国被暂停运行将持续多久？

ground

英 [ɡraʊnd] 美 [graʊnd]

n. 地面；土地；场地；立场，观点；范围，领域；理由；庭院；地线；地方；优势

v. （使）搁浅；（使）停飞；以…为根据；禁足；grind的过去式和过去分词；研磨

adj. 磨碎的

1.搁浅

The boat finally groundedon a reef.

船最终在一块暗礁上搁浅。

2.地面

He picked his coat up from the ground.

他从地上捡起上衣。

3.土；土壤

The groundwas very wet and soft.

土壤非常潮湿松软。

4.地位；优势；强项

There are signs that the party is gaining groundin the latest polls.

有迹象显示，该党派在最近的民调中支持率在上升。

5.理由；根据 <正式>

Anyone refusing to join had no defence against dismissal by the employer on that ground.

任何拒绝参与的人都无法保护自己不被雇主因此开除。

6.观点；立场

The sooner we find a middle groundbetween freedom of speech and protection of the young, the better for everyone.

我们越快找到言论自由和保护年轻人之间的中间立场，对每个人就越好。

7.使停飞

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

民用航空部长命令所有飞机停飞。

8.把…关在家里；把…禁足

His father groundedhim for a month.

他的父亲把他关在家里一个月。

9.使搁浅 【航海】

Residents have been told to stay away from the region where the ship was grounded.

居民们被告知远离船只搁浅的地区。

thin on the ground

为数不多的；寥寥无几的

Good managers are often thin on the ground.

优秀管理者常常如凤毛麟角。

into the ground

过分详尽地

She introduced her thesis and then proceeded to elaborate it into the ground.

她介绍了自己的论文，然后进一步仔仔细细地说明。

the high ground

（道义上的）制高点

Why dont we take the high groundand not get involved in the blame game?

我们为什么不姿态高一点，别去相互指责呢？

to go to ground

潜伏；躲藏

He went to groundto avoid arrest and has not been seen since.

为逃避追捕，他躲了起来，此后再也没有人见过他。

to get off the ground

启动；起步

We help small companies to get off the ground.

我们帮助小公司创业。

down to the ground

完全地；彻底地

The job suited him down to theground.

这个工作完全适合他。

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编辑排版：陈 莹

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教师审核：于 健

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