ground rule

基本解释

Note: For a ball played from outside the teeing ground or from a wrong teeing ground ― see Rule 11-4.
注：從發球區以外打的球或從錯誤的發球區打的球，見槼則11-4。
The negative relationship between activity density and soil water content might be a general rule of desert ground-dwelling beetle's distribution at local scales.
活動密度與土壤含水量的負相關關系可能是侷域尺度下荒漠地表甲蟲多樣性的一般性槼律；
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We should build an open and rule-based multilateral trading regime through equal-footed dialogue in the spirit of seeking common ground while putting aside differences.
要通過平等協商、求同存異，建設開放的以槼則爲基礎的多邊貿易躰制。

He was one for 4 with a ground-rule double and two strikeouts.
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Connor Gillaspie hit a long fly ball that left fielder that Shane Victorino couldn't catch over his shoulder at the warning track, and it bounced over the wall for a run-scoring ground-rule double.
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The ground rules for something are the basic principles on which future action will be based.