Think of the people who are not in the picture. The plane takes off, the match kicks off, and they stay where they are, keeping the place ready. English ground carries two everyday pictures: the ground you stand on, and a ground you play a match on. Each one grows its own group of ground staff, and both groups share the same job description — the place, not the performance.

可以想成一群不在鏡頭裡的人。飛機飛起來、比賽打起來的時候,他們留在原地,把場子顧好。ground 在英文裡有兩個常見畫面:一個是「地面」,一個是「比賽用的場地」。兩個畫面各自長出一種 ground staff:一種是留在地面、不上飛機的機場人員,一種是顧著那塊草皮的球場人員。共同點很清楚——他們負責的是「那個地方」,不是天上或場上的表演。兩個用法都指一群人,動詞用複數。

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