英文美句核心词汇on the grounds that 理由

We oppose the bill, on the grounds that it discriminates against women.

我们反对这个议案，理由是它歧视女性。

oppose/ ə'pəʊz / v. to disagree with something such as a plan or idea and try to prevent it from happening or succeeding 反对；阻碍

bill/ bɪl / n. a written proposal for a new law, that is brought to a parliament so that it can be discussed 议案，法案

on the grounds that 理由是......

discriminate against 歧视；排斥

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【核心词汇】grounds

(plural 复数) a good reason for doing, believing, or saying something 充分的理由，根据

There are strong grounds for believing his statement.

有充分的理由可以相信他的话。

If something is

grounds

for a feeling or action, it is a reason for it. If you do something

on the grounds of

a particular thing, that thing is the reason for your action.

理由

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【词组搭配 例句拓展】

1. grounds for (doing) sth作为……理由

Mental cruelty can be grounds for divorce .

精神折磨可以

作为

离婚的

理由

。

2. have grounds to do sth 有理由(做某事)

Did the police

have reasonable grounds to

arrest him?

警方有充分的理由逮捕他吗？

3. In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.

采访中他

给出了一些

乐观

的理由

。

4. on legal grounds 出于法律原因

5. on moral grounds 出于道德原因