foundation

[faun'deiʃən]

n.根基, 基础, 根据, 建立
n.基金会, 粉底霜

n.

1. 建立, 创办[U]

The foundation of the university took place over 400 years ago.

该大学创办于四百多年前。

2. 基础; 基本原则; 根据[C][U]

That rumor has no foundation in fact.

那谣传没有事实根据。

3. 基金会[C]

The foundation provides money for schools.

基金会资助学校。

4. 基金, 维持基金[U]

5. (建筑物的)地基, 地脚[P]

All dams need sound foundations.

所有的堤坝都需要坚固的基础。

6. (机器的)基座[C]

7. (靠基金建立或维持的)机构[C]

8. 粉底霜[U][C]

9. 妇女紧身胸衣[C]

词形变化

形容词: foundational |

词义辨析

同义:

n.基础

base  ground

n.建立, 创办

establishment  institution  organization  

同义参见:

foot  basis  grounds  preparation  rudiment  base  institute  basin  preliminary  constitution  bed  seat  bottom  

英英释义

名词 foundation:

the basis on which something is grounded

an institution supported by an endowment

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

同义词：basis, base, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone

lowest support of a structure

同义词：base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure

education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

同义词：grounding

a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

同义词：foundation garment

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

同义词：initiation, founding, institution, origination, creation, innovation, introduction, instauration

补充

foundationfoundation英:[faunˈdeiʃən] 美:[faʊnˈdeʃən]n.1.建立, 设立, 创办The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.这所大学是600年前创办的。2.基础, 基本原理, 根据The foundation of democracy is the will of the people to preserve liberty.民主的基础在于人民维护自由的意志。3.地基The foundations of the building settled.这房屋的地基下陷了。4.基金(会)The Foundation gives money to help artists.那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家。

例句

1. There have been continued financial problems since the foundation of the university.这所大学自创办以来资金问题不断。 2. The issue strikes at the very foundation of our community.这个问题直接动摇我们社区的根基。 3. His story had no foundation in reality.他的故事没有现实基础。 4. This laid the foundations for later modern economic growth.这为后来的现代经济增长奠定了基础。 5. The rumours are without foundation.这些传闻没有根据。 6. funding from many different foundations and bequests来自许多不同渠道的捐款和遗赠资助 7. the National foundation for Educational Research国家教育研究基金会 8. he starts playing melody lines on the bass instead of laying the foundation down.他不是先打好基础，而是一开始就用低音乐器演奏一行行乐曲。 9. specific learning skills as a foundation for other subjects.作为其他学科基础的特定学习技巧。 10. distorted and misleading accusations with no foundation.毫无根据的歪曲事实与错误指控。 11. This coursebook aims to give students a solid foundation in grammar.这本教科书旨在帮助学生奠定牢固的语法基础。 12. That rumour is completely without foundation (= it is not true).那谣言完全没有根据。 13. The British Heart foundation英国心脏基金 14. The inspector discovered a crack in the house's foundation.检查员在这座房屋的地基上发现了一道裂纹。 15. pour/lay/dig the foundation浇筑/铺设/挖掘地基 16. He insists that these charges are without foundation. [=are unfounded]他坚称这些指控毫无根据。 17. These charges have no foundation in fact. [=there are no facts that support these charges]这些指控毫无事实根据。 18. The book explains the moral foundations on which her political career was built.这本书阐述了支撑她政治生涯的道德基础。 19. These problems threaten the very foundations of modern society.这些问题威胁到现代社会的根本基础。 20. The scandal has shaken the government to its foundations.丑闻动摇了政府的根基。 21. Her early research laid the foundation [=provided the basis] for many important medical discoveries.她早期的研究为许多重要的医学发现奠定了基础。 22. They established a foundation to help orphaned children.他们设立了基金会来帮助孤儿。 23. set up a foundation成立基金会 24. a charitable/nonprofit/private foundation慈善/非营利性/私立基金会 25. the foundation of a new school一所新学校的创建