每日一词59 ground

学习内容基于现象英语的每日一词

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• 翻译
  因为英语不够好，他拒绝了邀请。

He refused the invitation on the grounds of poor English.
参考翻译：
He turned down the invitation on the grounds that his English was not good enough.
On the grounds of inadequate English, he declined the invitation.

• 场景造句

She declined the offer on the grounds that she lives far from the company. (因距离远而拒绝了offer)
Her evasiveness gave grounds for the suspicion that she had eaten the candies, which she was only permitted to eat no earlier than Friday.（只允许星期五之后吃的，她的神情表示很可能她已经开吃了。)

• 其它
  1、“拒绝”的表达

• turn down
• decline
• refuse

2、“英语”不好的表达：

• inadequate English
• His English is not good enough.