foundation

英 [faʊn'deɪʃn] 美 [faʊn'deɪʃn]

• n. 根基；基础；根据；创建；基金(会)

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 基础
2. 地基，地脚，基座
3. 根据，根本，基本原则
4. 创办，建立，创立，创设
5. 粉底霜
6. 基金，捐款
7. 基金会，用捐款创办的事业
8. 机构
9. 妇女紧身胸衣

英英释义

Noun:

1. the basis on which something is grounded;

   "there is little foundation for his objections"
   

2. an institution supported by an endowment

3. lowest support of a structure;

   "it was built on a base of solid rock"
   "he stood at the foot of the tower"
   

4. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge;

   "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"
   "a good grounding in mathematics"
   

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

   "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
   

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;

   "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"
   "the foundation of a new scientific society"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. How long will it take to finish digging the foundations?
   挖地基大概需要多长时间完成呢？
2. He laid the foundation of his success by study and hard work.
   他通过学习和努力工作为成功打下了基础。
3. All these have laid a solid political foundation for consolidated national unity.
   所有这些为巩固国家统一奠定了坚实的政治基础。
4. His view is by no means without foundation.
   他这种看法决不是凭空产生的。
5. These conclusions must have some solid foundation in reality.
   这些结论一定有某些牢固的现实根据。
6. The foundation of this university took place over 100 years ago.
   这所大学于一百多年前创建。

经典引文

• Sweden then boasted two universities, both ancient foundations.

  出自： M. Meyer

词汇搭配

• foundation garment 妇女紧身胸衣...
• foundation course 基层
• foundation stone 基石(根本)
• natural foundation 天然地基
• mat foundation 席形基础,底板基础...
• foundation settlement 地基沉陷,基础沉降,...
• foundation plate 支承板
• pile foundation 桩基础
• shallow foundation 浅基础,浅基...
• elastic foundation 弹性地基
• machine foundation 机械基础,机器基础...
• foundation bolt 地脚螺栓
• footing foundation 底座基础,底脚基础...
• concrete foundation 混凝土基础
• foundation pit 基坑
• foundation base 基底
• foundation ditch 基坑
• continuous foundation 连续基础
• foundation pile 基桩
• foundation bed 基座

词义辨析

base，basis，foundation，ground

• 这些名词均含有“基础”之意。
• base侧重指构成或支撑某一具体物体的基础，也可指军事基地或用作比喻意义。
• basis主要用作抽象或引申意义。
• foundation用于具体意义时，侧重指坚固结实的建筑物的基础或地基；用作比喻意义时，与basis基本相同。
• ground含义与basis和foundation接近。一般指某种决定、论点或关系的基础，也可指某种原因的基础。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的fundationem，意为一块铸铁浇成之物。

近反义词

【近义词】

• establishment 确立
• institution 制定
• organization 机构
• basis 基础
• base 底部
• institute 学院
• ground 地面
• footing 立足点
• groundwork 基础
• foot 脚
• substance 实质
• underpinning 支撑
• charity 慈善
• society 社会
• constitution 宪法
• bed 床
• basin 脸盆
• rudiment 初步
• preparation 准备
• grounds 木砖
• preliminary 初步的
• bottom 底部
• seat 座位
• settlement 解决
• fundament 基础
• foundation garment 妇女紧身胸衣...
• instauration 恢复
• founding 建立
• origination 开始
• innovation 创新
• grounding 基础训练
• substructure 底部构造
• cornerstone 隅石
• introduction 介绍
• understructure 基础
• initiation 开始
• creation 创造