foundation
n. 基础; 创办; 地基; 基金会; 粉底
The foundation of something such as a belief or way of life is the things on which it is based.
Best friends are the foundation of my life...
好朋友是我生命的支柱。
The issue strikes at the very foundation of our community...
这个问题严重影响了我们社会的基本根基。
The foundations of a building or other structure are the layer of bricks or concrete below the ground that it is built on.
A foundation is an organization which provides money for a special purpose such as research or charity.
...the National Foundation for Educational Research.
全国教育研究基金会
If a story, idea, or argument has no foundation, there are no facts to prove that it is true.
The allegations were without foundation...
这些指控没有根据。
Each complaint is analysed very closely, and if it has no foundation it is rejected.
每个投诉都经过仔细分析,如果发现没有依据就会予以驳回。
Foundation is a skin-coloured cream that you put on your face before putting on the rest of your make-up.
1. the basis on which something is grounded;
2. an institution supported by an endowment
3. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
4. lowest support of a structure;
5. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge;
6. a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body
7. the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new;
base, basis, foundation, ground
这些名词均含有"基础"之意。
The students in middle schools should build up a solid foundation in English.
中学生学习英语时应打下牢固的基础.
The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research.
福特基金会拨款数百万美元用于癌症研究.
He laid the foundation of the science of bacteriology.
他为细菌学科学奠定了基础.
At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation.
在他一生的关键时刻, 他做出了明智的投资,这便成了他以后富裕的基础.
The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.
这所大学是600年前创办的.