New York's dumping ground halfway between West Egg and the city where the burnt-out coal that powered the booming golden city was discarded by men who moved dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.

它是纽约的垃圾场，就西卵区和城区之间。煤炭点燃了纽约的纸醉金迷，烧尽了便被身影朦胧的们丢弃至此，已支离破碎这漫天尘土中。

But there are few places where clients have more grounds for complaint than America.

但是很少有地方可以像美国这样有更多的理由抱怨律师这个行业。

Did you search the grounds? Attics to cellar.

整个地方搜过了？ 遍寻不获。

Avoiding obstacles on the ground, but also in the air.

不仅要避开地上的障碍，留意空中的。

Israel's ground troops were poised to enter Gaza.

以色列地面部队准备进入加沙。

And there are QR codes on the ground.

“地上也有二维码。”

Others are fastening bits of string and hammering tiny pegs into the ground.

有一些紧绳子，用锤子把小钉子钉地里。

Piles of snow lie thick on the ground and line the hills.

地上厚厚的积雪成堆，铺满山坡。

He noticed that the ground beneath his feet had an unusual composition.

他注意到脚下的地面含有一种不同寻常的成分。

Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground.

收到，静海基地。我们记录了着陆状态。

For fretful parents the new devices may just mean still more grounds for worry.

对忧心忡忡的家长来说，新设备可能仅仅意味着更多的担忧。

Ladies, ladies, I'm sure there's a middle ground. Shut up, Howard!

女士们，我想一定有折衷的。闭嘴！霍华德！

It is a sacred ground for us.

对我们来说，这是一片神圣的土地。

Meteoroids become meteors when they enter our atmosphere and meteorites when they hit the ground.

流星进入地球大气层时会变成流星，撞击地面时变成陨石。

But since 2014, the terrorist group has lost a lot of ground.

但从2014年起，该组织遭遇很大程度失利。

At these latitudes, the sun's rays are glancing and not enough of their energy reaches the ground to enable trees to grow.

这个高纬度地区，太阳辐射只能斜射到这片土地，到达地面的能量很少，并不足以支持树木生长。

They marched off across the dark grounds. Neville kept sniffing.

他们大步穿过漆黑的场地。纳威不停地抽着鼻子。

Teddy lay on the ground, bleeding profusely.

特迪躺地上，鲜血直流。

Authorities found them while removing dozens of mostly full-grown live tigers from the temple grounds.

当时警方正将几十只活老虎迁离佛堂，这些老虎大都已成年。

You'd think rain would be good for California in the middle of its historic drought, but so much rain in so little time on such dry ground can bring serious flooding.

你可能认为降雨对加利福尼亚中部地区的干旱而言无疑是天降甘露，但是短时间内干旱地区如此多的降雨很容易造成严重洪水。