Grounds

(noun.) a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.).

(noun.) dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue; 'it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds'.

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• A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The grounds were more than an acre and a quarter in extent, and they were filled with people! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• She must be persuaded to tell us, or she must be forced to tell us, on what grounds she bases her belief that you took the Moonstone. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Tell me what it is, explain the grounds on which you acted, and I shall be satisfied, in being able to satisfy you. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• It was really very large and beautiful and there were fine trees in the grounds. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I offered the lady marriage, but she refused it on the grounds that such a match might mar my career. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• As it was, I met him with the most resolute politeness, apologised for my involuntary intrusion (which he called a trespass,) and left the grounds. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Once clear of the grounds, the duties of hospitality (in Betteredge's code of morals) ceased, and the privileges of curiosity began. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The lawn, the grounds were trodden and waste: the portal yawned void. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• They believe in life after death, where the spirit is surrounded with the pleasures of the happy hunting grounds. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This place, Deep Dene House, is a big modern villa of staring brick, standing back in its own grounds, with a laurel-clumped lawn in front of it. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• We are through the village, up the hill, and down the hill, and on the low watery grounds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• A strict divorce law might be like New York's: it would recognize few grounds for a decree. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• For the grounds of action, sir,' continued Dodson, with moral elevation in his air, 'you will consult your own conscience and your own feelings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He argues with much force on general grounds that species are not immutable productions. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.

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