break ground

基本解釋

To qualify for federal funds, planners had to agree to break ground by 2012.
由於聯(lián)邦基金的拘謹(jǐn)，計劃制定者不得不同意在2012年動工。
California's project, the centerpiece of Obama's high-speed rail push thus far, has yet to break ground.
奧巴馬高鉄項目中最重要的加利福尼亞項目，目前仍未破土動工。
The farmer thinks that it is good to break ground for his new house in2 or3 days, but his wife thinks that they has no grounds for doing it so urgently.
辳夫認(rèn)爲(wèi)在兩三天內(nèi)破土造房比較好，但他的妻子認(rèn)爲(wèi)沒必要這樣操之過急。

Workers break ground on the new power plant this month.
Farmers could not plant crops, because they had no seed and no animals to break the ground.

Pottery Barn parent Williams-Sonoma has yet to break ground on its low-budget concept, Elm Street.
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And the author of this year's profile, Richard Morais, hasn't been afraid to break ground.
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