on the ground

短语

在地上, 当场 [法] 当场

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    In an area (location) of interest or active operations, versus outside that area (and especially, far away from it).

    You might feel differently about this policy if you were on the ground in a war zone.

  2. 2.

    In the daily life of the general public, or at least in that of some group of people who aren't out-of-touch elites.

    Near-synonyms: on the street, in the streets, in reality, in the real world

    Evidently, senior management has no idea how things get done by those of us on the ground.

  3. 3.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, ground.

    I'm still surprised that I found a hundred-dollar bill just lying on the ground.