aground
adverb /əˈɡraʊnd/
/əˈɡraʊnd/
- if a ship runs/goes aground, it touches the ground in shallow water and cannot move
(船)搁浅 - The oil tanker ran/went aground off the Spanish coast.
那条油轮在西班牙近海搁浅了。 - (figurative) He was unwilling to accept that his corporate strategy had run aground.
他不愿意接受他的公司战略搁浅的事实。
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘on the ground’): from a- ‘on’ + ground. - The oil tanker ran/went aground off the Spanish coast.