GROUND
英英釋義：a reason for what you say or do, or for being allowed to say or do something?
例句：Genome editing has drawn widespread public criticism on ethical?grounds.?
2. 為什么選這個詞赞辩？?
“ground”作名詞有很多意思耕拷，除了最常見的“地面”外，它也常被用于表示“理由”“根據”挪略。掌握了 ground 的這個用法，我們就可以在很多場景下，用它替換 reason，because 等杯道，讓表達具有多樣性。?
ground 表示“理由”時责蝠，一定要注意：它一般都會以復數形式 grounds 出現(xiàn)。?
我們常說的“實錘”（即“確鑿的證據”）就可以用到 ground萎庭。比如一位女性指控他人性騷擾霜医，如果有確鑿的證據的話，我們就可以說：She has valid grounds for accusing him of sexual harassment.
“基因編輯嬰兒”曝光后引來了許多爭議驳规，許多人從倫理層面批評這個項目肴敛。我們可以用英文說成：Genome editing has drawn widespread public criticism on ethical grounds.
ground 常和介詞 on 搭配構成短語on the grounds of/that， 表示“因為…的理由”“以…為根據”吗购。我們在論證說理時就可以用到它医男，如果你準備考雅思和托福，一定要掌握它捻勉。?
《經濟學人》在介紹西湖大學時镀梭，提到現(xiàn)任校長施一公的教學理念時就用到了on the grounds that：Mr Shi believes that if elite universities select studentson the grounds not just of their test scores, but also of their intellectual maturity and social responsibility, this will influence the way pupils are taught at school, and change the way they think.
個人拓展：
//ground: countable noun; a reason for a belief, action, or argument, often used in plural
搭配：sufficient/reasonable/ valid/ good/ grounds for divorce / suspicion/ doing sth. /complaint
//list adultery and alcoholism as the grounds for divorce
區(qū)別：on the ground: at the scene of action, on the spot
//on the grounds of/that
背誦：
同義詞：grounds, cause, reason
on the grounds that /of , because
What is the ground for your complaint?
Genome/?d?i:n??m/ editing has drawn widespread public criticism on ethical grounds.
The narrowing gap between bonds and stocks is grounds for anxiety, but not yet cause for alarm.?(鏈接：一日一詞cause)
