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以a-開頭的形容詞用法新探 • aground
本站特約作者 李翔
一、aground 的用法
■基本義：(指船)擱淺 (of ships) touching the bottom in shallow water
■作表語。例如：
The tanker was / went / ran aground. 油船擱淺了。
We were winning the boat race until our boat went aground (on an sand bank). 我們快要贏得這次賽艇比賽時，突然我們的船擱淺了。
When it ran aground, they lost heart. 當戰爭遇到挫折時，他們就失去了信心。
■作賓語補足語。例如：
However, one of them woke sooner than the other, finding the boat too fast aground for him to stir it.后來，兩個人中的一個比另外一個先醒過來，看見小船已經擱了淺，推又推不動。
■作后置定語 例如：
a ship aground offshore 在岸邊擱淺的輪船
二、aground 的搭配
be / get / go / run aground (船)擱淺, 觸礁; 受阻
Their plans for building a dormitory have run aground as they are short of money. 因為資金短缺，他們建一座宿舍的計劃擱淺了。
Oil is gushing from the tanker which ran aground on the reef. 原油正不斷地從那條觸礁的油船里涌出來。
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