aground

UK:  [ə'ɡraʊnd]

US:  [ə'ɡraʊnd]

adv.

1.搁浅,触礁

2.坐滩

3.到水浅的地方

4.在地上

adj.

1.〔用作表语]

1 . The ship that has run aground could face a fine of up to 1 million Australian dollars, or about $US 920, 000.
搁浅船只可能面临最高100万澳元的罚款，大约相当于92万美元。

2 . At this point, however, I'm optimistic that this initiative will also run aground on popular disapproval.
不过，在这一点上我比较乐观，因为这项动议在大众的反对声中同样也会搁浅。

3 . The coastguard received a signal saying the ship had engine trouble and that it had run aground just off the island of Sibuyan.
菲海上警卫队曾收到这艘船的信号，说她的引擎出现问题，正漂流在布延岛海岸。

4 . However, one of them woke sooner than the other, finding the boat too fast aground for him to stir it.
后来，两个人中的一个比另外一个先醒过来，看见小船已经搁了浅，推又推不动。

5 . The management change comes as Google's attempt to expand its share of the heavily-censored Chinese market appears to have run aground .
谷歌管理层的变化发生在谷歌试图扩大中国市场份额的努力似乎搁浅之际。