All that would grow on this ground when he bought it were pines and briars.

他刚买下这块地的时候，地里只长松树和荆棘。

Indeed, there is already a lawsuit against the city and state eviction moratoriums introduced in Seattle, Washington, on this ground.

实际上，在华盛顿西雅图已经由此发起了一场针对华盛顿州和西雅图市的禁止驱逐令的诉讼。

As a companion, King's charm was great, but this was not the quality that so much attracted Adams, nor could he affect even distant rivalry on this ground.

作为同伴，金的魅力是巨大的，但这并不是亚当斯如此着迷的品质，也影响不了在这片土地上哪怕是遥远的较量。

On this ground he directed the commissioners to accept not less than the cession of the island of Luzon, the chief of the Philippine group, with its harbor of Manila.

在此基础上， 他指示委员们至少接受菲律宾集团的首领吕宋岛及其马尼拉港的割让。

These were actually Lydgate's first meditations as he walked away from Mr. Vincy's, and on this ground I fear that many ladies will consider him hardly worthy of their attention.

这些实际上是利德盖特离开文西先生家时的第一个沉思，基于此，我担心许多女士会认为他不值得她们关注。

Gentleness, docility, and a spaniel-like affection are, on this ground, consistently recommended as the cardinal virtues of the sex; and, disregarding the arbitrary economy of nature, one writer has declared that it is masculine for a woman to be melancholy.

在这个基础上，温柔、温顺和像猎犬一样的感情一直被推荐为性别的主要美德；而且，一位作家无视自然的任意经济，宣称女人忧郁是阳刚之气。