Foundation
[faʊn'deɪʃ(ə)n] or [faʊn'deʃən]
解释:
(noun.) lowest support of a structure; 'it was built on a base of solid rock'; 'he stood at the foot of the tower'.
(noun.) education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge; 'he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study'; 'a good grounding in mathematics'.
(noun.) an institution supported by an endowment.
(noun.) the basis on which something is grounded; 'there is little foundation for his objections'.
戴夫校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.
(n.) That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis.
(n.) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry.
(n.) A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment.
(n.) That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity.
手打:米米
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Basis, base, groundwork, footing, bottom.[2]. Establishment, settlement.[3]. Endowment.
手打:马吉
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Institution, establishment, footing, base, basis, origin, ground, groundwork,rudiments, substratum, {underlying_principle}
ANT:Disestablishment, superstructure
手打:萨曼莎
例句:
- I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- The war of the rebellion was no exception to this rule, and the story of the apple tree is one of those fictions based on a slight foundation of fact. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The necessary connexion betwixt causes and effects is the foundation of our inference from one to the other. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Among nations of hunters, such as the native tribes of North America, age is the sole foundation of rank and precedency. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- We entered, and the pilgrims broke specimens from the foundation walls, though they had to touch, and even step, upon the praying carpets to do it. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The distinction, which we often make betwixt POWER and the EXERCISE of it, is equally without foundation. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The height of the leveling strips, plus the height of the bed, lift its surface about six inches from the foundation floor. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- These machines were also upon a solid foundation, and no trouble was experienced. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But this is a beauty merely of imagination, and has no foundation in what appears to the senses. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- There are over 50,000 tons of steel in the superstructure, and about 140,000 cubic yards of masonry and concrete in the foundation piers. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The one staid foundation of her home, of her idea of her beloved father, seemed reeling and rocking. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United States. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The former are the foundation of all our thoughts and actions, so that upon their removal human nature must immediately perish and go to ruin. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- What if those wild accusations rested on a foundation of truth? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- One reason for this is that the dye used to color the fabric requires a clear white background, and loses its characteristic hues when its foundation is yellow instead of white. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- But James's services cannot be overestimated: if he did not lay even the foundations of a science, he did lay some of the foundations for research. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- She had always accepted with philosophic calm the fact that such existences as hers were pedestalled on foundations of obscure humanity. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- With such foundations as these, it is little wonder that Baalbec has lasted so long. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Recent examples of such construction are the Woolworth and Equitable buildings in New York City; in this last instance a thousand horse-power was used in digging the foundations alone. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Lavoisier had laid deep and broad in France the foundations of chemistry, and given the science nomenclature that lasted a century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- But these are only the first foundations of the affections of pity and malice. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- If I once shook the foundations of the sacred confidence and usage, in virtue of which it was given to me, it was lost, and could never be recovered. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- What sort of a life could we build on such foundations? 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- According to Bacon it is in the process of exclusion that the foundations of true induction are laid. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- In mathematics, say Thatcher and Schwill,[333] the Arabs built on the foundations of the Greek mathematicians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Nay, even the old mean Marshalsea was shaken to its foundations when she pictured it without her father. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- He strove to rebuild on reasoned foundations the sense of social obligation and responsibility which had in the earlier days of Athens rested upon faith in the existence of the gods. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- All these kinds of probability are received by philosophers, and allowed to be reasonable foundations of belief and opinion. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- And in this new electrical industry, in laying its essential foundations, Edison has again been one of the dominant figures. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- There are various ways, equally conclusive, of criticizing this conception, in both its alleged foundations and in its educational application. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
编辑:利拉