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单词 on public grounds
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on public (also religious, etc.) grounds
c. A circumstance on which an opinion, inference, argument, statement, or claim is founded, or which has given rise to an action, procedure, or mental feeling; a reason, motive. Often with additional implication: a valid reason, justifying motive, or what is alleged as such. on the ground of: by reason of (some circumstance alleged in justification of a procedure). on public (also religious, etc.) grounds: for reasons of the nature specified.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [noun] > reason or ground
achesounc1230
anchesouna1250
reasona1250
groundc1275
matter1340
purposec1350
cause1413
quarrel1476
actiona1500
subject1577
spring of action1583
qualitya1586
inducement1593
place1593
theme1594
instance1597
motive1605
impulsivea1628
justifiera1635
foundation1641
rise1641
plummet1679
mainspring1695
the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > for specified or many reasons
for many sakes1753
on public (also religious, etc.) grounds1856
the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [adverb] > because of or by reason of
for (one's, a thing's) sake?c1225
for sake of1340
because1356
for the sake of1393
on (also upon) account of1625
thanks to1631
on the foot of1675
on the ground of1882
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1594 Al þis ilka ich wulle don. Iseid ich habbe þene grund.
c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 160–3 The grounde an cause of al my peyn..I wol reherse not for to haue redresse But to declare my grounde of heuynesse.
1395 Remonstr. Rom. Corrup. (1851) 20 Ambrose and Crisostom witnessen, with greet ground of holi writ and opin resoun, that confessioun to God sufficith to saluacioun.
1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 171 He..sawe his growende scholde be preved nowte, thanne he mad a new mater.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xli. C Stonde at youre cause (saieth the Lorde) and bringe forth youre strongest grounde.
1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 179 The true ground of all these piteous woes. View more context for this quotation
1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. E3 Chestnut, Chastnut: say some. I knowe not upon what ground.
1605 S. V. in R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence Commend. Verses To gratifie that nation is his ground To whome he thinks his best endeuours bound.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. xx. 343 The beginning of a rumour is sometimes all the ground thereof.
1657 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 42 Hee refus'd; his grounds I know not.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iii. §6 Then all former ages have believed without sufficient ground for faith.
a1693 M. Bruce Good News in Evil Times (1708) 18 A great ground of Gladness.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 340 On which ground it is, that their best Cities seldom have splendid Edifices..from..private Hands.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 124 The ground, and reason of this tradition, I could not learn.
1729 W. Law Serious Call xi. 167 Let but any complaining, disquieted man tell you the ground of his uneasiness.
1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals ii. i What grounds for apprehension?
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 19 There is ground enough for the opinion that all the kingdoms of Europe were, at a remote period, elective. View more context for this quotation
1794 R. B. Sheridan Duenna (new ed.) i. 18 That is to be the ground of my dismission.
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 130 I thought the insolent, unprovoked aggression..a good ground of war.
1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 134 His desire was publicly urged on public grounds, and..thus only, the pope was at liberty to consider it.
1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 67 He has no ground for preferring either opinion.
1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 283 The modern usurer will on such grounds leave his money to a hospital.
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 223 Thus all ground of offence is taken away.
1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 57 I am unable to perceive the grounds of the assumption.
1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 293 Ferrar was deprived..on the ground of his marriage.
1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 109 Whether or no this legend had any ground I cannot say.
1895 F. Hall Two Trifles iii My grounds for doing so shall soon be stated explicitly.
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