学个词Learn a Word 第958期 Grounds

今天我们要学的词是grounds。 Grounds, 有理由、根据的意思。 "The governor vetoed the bill on security grounds," 州长以安全为由，否决了这项议案。 "More than 20% of the ballots¹ were invalidated on the grounds of fraud," 百分之二十以上的选票因为涉嫌舞弊被宣布无效。 "The company was fined $2 million on grounds of copyright infringement," 这家公司因为侵犯版权被罚款两百万美元。

美国总统奥巴马签署健保法案后， "Fourteen states vowed² to challenge it on constitutional grounds," 14个州表示要以宪法为由，挑战健保法案的合法性。好的，今天我们学习的词是grounds...

 

1 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。