| 单词 | foundation |
| 释义 | foundation /faun'deijn; faun'dejan/ n 1 [U] founding or establishing (of a town, school, church or other institution). (城市，学校，教堂或其他机关之)建立; 创立; 建设。 2 |C] sth that is founded, eg a college, monastery, hospital; fund of money for charity, research, etc: 建立物(例如学院, 寺院，医院); (慈善、研究等)基金： the Ford 福特基金。 3 [C] (often pl) strong base of a building, usu below ground-level, on which it is built up: 1常用复数)地基; 屋基： the ~(s) of a block of flats. 一排公寓的地基。 The huge lorries shook the house t。its ~s. 大任车驶过连屋基都震动了。 '~stone n stone laid at a ceremony to celebrate the founding of a building. 基石。 4 [C, U] that on which an idea, belief, etc rests; underlying principle; basis; starting-point: (思想，信仰等之)基础; 根据; 根本; 出发点： the ~s of religious beliefs; 宗教信仰的基础; lay the ~(s) of one's career; 为事业奠立基 .础; 0 story that has no ~ in fact/is without 无事实根据的故事。 5 '~garment, (trade use) woman's corset or other garment to shape and support the body (often with a bra attached); (商业用语)女用紧身胸衣(常连奶罩一起); ' ~ cream, (cosmetics) cream used on the skin before other 、 cosmetics are applied. (化妆品)粉底霜。 |
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