foundation
n. 基礎; 創辦; 地基; 基金會; 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...
這個問題嚴重影響了我們社會的基本根基。
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.
全國教育研究基金會
If a story, idea, or argument has no foundation, there are no facts to prove that it is true.
The allegations were without foundation...
這些指控沒有根據。
Each complaint is analysed very closely, and if it has no foundation it is rejected.
每個投訴都經過仔細分析,如果發現沒有依據就會予以駁回。
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
這些名詞均含有"基礎"之意。
The students in middle schools should build up a solid foundation in English.
中學生學習英語時應打下牢固的基礎.
The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research.
福特基金會撥款數百萬美元用於癌症研究.
He laid the foundation of the science of bacteriology.
他為細菌學科學奠定了基礎.
At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation.
在他一生的關鍵時刻, 他做出了明智的投資,這便成了他以後富裕的基礎.
The foundation of the university took place 600 years ago.
這所大學是600年前創辦的.