on the ground什么意思？

Question

如题所述

Answer 1

on the ground
在地上，当场，在决斗；席地；地下
1. Kevin was always level-headed with both feet on the ground.
凯文总是头脑冷静，脚踏实地。
2. Forty or fifty women were sitting cross-legged on the ground.
四五十个女人盘腿坐在地上。

on the grounds
由于…的原因
1. Owen was against it, on the grounds of expense.
欧文因费用问题对此表示反对。
2. Discrimination by employers on the grounds of race and nationality was illegal.
雇主以种族或国籍为由歧视员工是非法的。
3. She is going to divorce him on the grounds of adultery.
她以丈夫搞婚外情为由要求离婚。