testing ground

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A military site that is used for testing weapons.
    — You know, brothers, that West Irian may possibly, possibly, I repeat possibly, also become a testing ground for either atomic weapons or other explosive devices.
  2. A location set up for the testing of vehicles, machinery, agricultural techniques, etc. to ensure that they work as intended.
    — The testing ground shall be not less than 1 ha in area and the length worked not less than 100 m.
  3. A situation or thing that allows new ideas, methods, or hypotheses to be tried out. figuratively
    — Copper Harbor, where there are known copper veins, was used as a testing ground for the AMT method.
  4. A situation or problem that allows people to test how good they are. figuratively
    — Autocratic control grows out of the fundamental imposition of a testing ground on all our young people; the institution that teaches the young also tests the young.

词形变化

testing grounds plural
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