| 单词 | to be grounded in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be grounded in 5. transitive. To instruct (a person) in the fundamental or elementary principles of any branch of study. to be grounded in: to be (well or ill) acquainted with (a subject or science). ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [verb (transitive)] > ground or initiate foundc1394 groundc1405 introduce1475 induce1490 enter?1529 institutea1538 flesh1591 induct1603 initiate1603 principle1608 elementa1639 foundation1661 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > be or become conversant [verb (intransitive)] to be grounded inc1405 skill?1529 c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 416 He was grounded in Astronomye. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 3 In all poynctes throughly grounded and acquainted with the preceptes. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 47 Touching his studies..he came young and not well grounded from Oxford University. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. viii. 73 He that is well grounded in Surgery will find Receipts enough in his daily practise. 1725 G. Berkeley Proposal in Wks. (1871) III. 217 To ground these young Americans thoroughly in religion. 1839 Ld. Brougham Hist. Sketches Statesmen George III, Horner (ed. 2) 319 He was well grounded in the exacter sciences. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. viii. 135 I grounded myself pretty well in Latin and Greek. 1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. i. 27 He always sought to ground himself thoroughly in the facts [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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