groundless
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How to pronounce groundless in British English:
英 [ˈgraʊndləs]
How to pronounce groundless in American English:
美 [ˈɡraʊndlɪs]
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- Adjective:
- without a basis in reason or fact
单词词源
- groundless (adj.)
- Old English grundleas "bottomless, unfathomable, vast;" see ground (n.) + -less. Figurative sense of "having no adequate cause or reason" is from 1620s. Similar formation in Dutch grondeloos, German grundlos, Old Norse grunnlauss. Related: Groundlessly; groundlessness.
双语例句
- 1. I think the remarks you quoted just now are groundless .
- 2. I think their argument is groundless .
- 3. The fact will prove these worries groundless .
- 4. Simply put aside useless anxieties and groundless jealousies ...... and , naturally , trust your own instinct .
- 5. She maintains that the accusation is groundless .