home ground

英 [ˌhəʊm ˈɡraʊnd]

美 [ˌhoʊm ˈɡraʊnd]

n.  主场场地; 主队运动场; 自己的家; 熟悉的工作地方; 自己的地盘

牛津词典

noun

• 主场场地；主队运动场
  a sports ground that a team regularly plays on in their own area or town
• 自己的家；熟悉的工作地方；自己的地盘
  a place where sb lives or works and where they feel confident, rather than a place that is not familiar to them
  1. I'd rather meet him here on my own home ground.
     我宁愿在我自己的地盘上见他。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （体育比赛的）主场场地
  A sports team'shome groundis their own playing field, as opposed to that of other teams.
  1. They are banned from playing on their home ground because of crowd trouble...
     他们因观众闹事而被禁止在主场比赛。
  2. Austria, playing on home ground in Vienna, took a 3-0 lead over Italy.
     奥地利队在维也纳自家赛场以3比0领先意大利队。

in AM, use 美国英语用 home field


• PHRASE 在自己的家（或工作地）附近;在自己的地盘上
  If you say that someone isontheirhome ground, you mean that they are in or near where they work or live, and feel confident and secure because of this.
  1. Although he was on home ground, his campaign had been rocked by adultery allegations.
     虽然是在自己家乡，他的竞选活动还是因私通指控受到了冲击。

英英释义

noun

• the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs
  1. a marine habitat
  2. he felt safe on his home grounds
  Synonym:habitat

双语例句

• Lampard dreads driving to his home ground on match days.
  兰帕德都不敢在比赛日自己开车去主场。
• Quite often we have to play host to them though it's their home ground.
  经常是在他们地盘还得我们招待他们。
• An rep keen to represent your company will be happy to attend an interview and assess the new principal's potential on their home ground.
  一个热切想代理你的公司的销售代理商会很乐意参加一个正式的面谈，并藉此在新客户的地盘上评估新客户的潜力。
• When the train crossed the border, I felt like I was on home ground.
  当火车穿过边界时，我感到像是在家乡一样。
• Is a team more likely to win a match when playing on its home ground?
  球队在主场比赛胜利的可能性是否大一点？
• It had become a very familiar scene, this, in the home under the ground, but we are looking on it for the last time.
  这种景象在地下的家里是常见的；不过，我们是最后一次见到了。
• But in2002, we made it to the semi-finals and I don't think that was just because it was on home ground.
  但在2002年，我们进了半决赛，我不认为那只是因为在本土比赛。
• The interview was fairly difficult until they asked me about car maintenance, where I was on my home ground and could impress them with the extent of my knowledge.
  面试开始时进行得相当当艰难，直到他们问我所熟悉的汽车维修时，我广博的知识才给他们有了好印象。
• Bring home some ground steaks if you think of it.
  如果你要的话，还会带点牛肉末回来。
• Paying Attention to the Influence of Home Ground and Guest Ground upon the Performance in Competitions
  重视主、客场对足球比赛成绩的影响