"It's like this. I'm twenty-three, about. I had my schooling all right to fifteen, say. Well, that leaves me eight years behind.--Is it too late? I wasn't so backward. I did algebra, and Latin up to auxiliary verbs, and French genders. I got a kind of grounding."英文原著 · 《The Wheels of Chance》
That very moment, as we stepped from the stranded floe (in grounding, it had crushed and shattered a small boat), such part of it as lay in the water gave a loud crack, and, swaying to and fro, and emitting a gurgling sound, floated clear of the rest.英文原著 · 《Through Russia》
Not just for the upside, but for its ethical grounding.美剧 · 《Billions》
And while I thought Grounding you was an appropriate punishment, Your dad convinced me I was being a little too hard on you guys. Absolutely.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
Another was busy grounding her niece when she noticed the police car pulling up across the street. a woman was planning a rendezvous with her lover when she saw a young man being taken out of his house.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》
You'll learn most from the work, I know, but, er, they'll give you a grounding.美剧 · 《Downton Abbey》