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."
雙語例句
1. Thompson grounded him for a month, and banned television.
湯普森罰他一個月不能出門，并禁止看電視。
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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(jī)不得起飛。
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3. The boat finally grounded on a soft, underwater bank.
那條船最終在松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.