| 单词 | starting ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstarting ground starting ground n. (a) a basis from which something (e.g. a sequence of events or an argument) starts; (b) the place where those taking part in a race, hunt, etc., gather before starting. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] ground1340 root1340 substancec1384 fundament1395 foundationc1400 groundment?a1412 footing1440 anvila1450 bottom ground1557 groundwork1557 foot1559 platform1568 subsistence1586 subject matter1600 ground-colour1614 basisa1616 substratum1631 basement1637 bottoma1639 fonda1650 fibre1656 fund1671 fundamen1677 substruction1765 starting ground1802 fundus1839 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [noun] > starting-point terminus a quo1549 starting place1570 terma1628 salient motion1664 salient pointa1682 punctum saliens1695 starting point1782 Adam and Eve1793 starting ground1802 point of departure1804 baseline1836 point de départ1848 zero1849 start point1860 jumping-board1878 jumping-off board1914 jumping-off point1927 starting block1932 square one1952 1802 A. Bishop Proofs Conspiracy against Christianity i. iv. 16 Church and state was their starting ground, and human glory the end of their career. 1803 tr. Sophocles in B. Boothby tr. J. Racine Britannicus Pref. 27 Orestes..Leaps the high barrier at a single bound, And lights a-tiptoe on the starting ground. 1824 Kent & Essex Mercury 27 Apr. By one o'clock the whole of the starting-ground was covered with barouches, carriages, gigs, chaises, &c. 1869 Duke of Argyll Primeval Man iv. 145 Man..must always have had instincts which afford all that is required as a starting-ground for advance in the mechanical arts. 1901 Scotsman 24 Dec. 7/3 The old villa of Kirklands if gutted out would make an excellent club house close to the proposed new starting ground. 1961 Flight Mar. 82/2 The big propeller would have to run at full horsepower in order to raise the plane from so small a starting ground. 2011 S. G. Feinstein & R. W. Kiner Brain & Strengths Based School Leadership ii. 43 These [indicators] represent the starting ground for building and maintaining a positive school climate. < as lemmas |
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