foundation
美 [fa?n?de??(?)n] 
英 [fa?n'de??(?)n]
詞形變化
復數：foundations 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [c][usupl] 地基；房基；基礎a layer of bricks, concrete, etc. that forms the solid underground base of a building |
| The builders are now beginning to lay the foundations of the new school. 建筑工人正開始給新校舍打地基。 |
| The explosion shook the foundations of the houses nearby. 爆炸震撼了附近房屋的地基。 |
2. | [c][u] 基本原理；根據；基礎a principle, an idea or a fact that sth is based on and that it grows from |
| Respect and friendship provide a solid foundation for marriage. 尊重和友愛是婚姻的牢固基礎。 |
| The rumour is totally without foundation(= not based on any facts) . 這謠傳毫無事實根據。 |
| These stories have no foundation(= are not based on any facts) . 這些故事純屬虛構。 |
3. | [c] 基金會an organization that is established to provide money for a particular purpose, for example for scientific research or charity |
| The money will go to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. 這筆錢將交給舊金山艾滋病基金會。 |
4. | [u] （機構或組織的）創建，創辦the act of starting a new institution or organization |
| The organization has grown enormously since its foundation in 1955. 該組織自 1955 年創建以來已有重大的發展。 |
5. | [u] （化妝打底用的）粉底霜a skin-coloured cream that is put on the face underneath other make-up |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
At 85, Edwards is now too frail to give interviews, but his wife told the Nobel Foundation of his happiness at receiving the prize.
85歲高齡的愛德華，愛德華茲由于身體欠佳，無法在獲獎后立即接受采訪。他的妻子對諾貝爾基金委轉達了他得獎后的喜悅心情。
The Free Software Foundation considers it a free license incompatible with the GNU General Public License (GPL).
自由軟件基金會認為這是免費的許可不符合GNU通用公共授權（GPL）。
The recent rumour that the latex paint is harmful to the human health is not at all of any foundation.
近來，一些說乳膠漆對人體健康有害的傳聞是沒有根據的。
That raises an interesting idea, because what you've just described is often a foundation for addictions of various kinds.
你剛才所說的通常是對很多東西上癮的基礎，這讓我想到了一個有趣的問題，
Each will remove whatever proves to be without a true foundation, and with it an allowance for free expression.
任何被證明沒有真實基礎的都將被移除，它所帶來的都是為了對【自由表達】的認可。
You never know if one of your children might actually grow up to be a zoologist because of the foundation you laid during their childhood!
你不知道就是因為你在童年時期為他們打下的基礎，在你的孩子中間可能真的會成為一個生物學家。
Transparency is not just a natural inclination but a necessity, says Mitchell Baker, who chairs the foundation.
基金會主席MitchellBaker稱Mozilla的透明化不僅僅是其自身發展趨向，更是生存的必要條件。
The question now is whether Mr. Obama and other members of his party can solidify this coalition into a foundation of the Democratic Party.
現在的問題是，奧巴馬和其他民主黨人能不能鞏固這個同盟，使它成為民主黨的一個基礎。
But these from actual set out of the research have no theories to do instruction, in other words, there is no theories foundation.
但這些從實際出發的研究沒有理論做指導，換句話說，沒有理論基礎。
One of the main organizers of the relief effort was the Turkish charity the Foundation for Humanitarian Relief, which has Islamic roots.
對救災工作的主要組織者之一，是土耳其的慈善機構的人道主義救濟，其中有伊斯蘭根源的基礎。
But a preliminary report from the Arab Democracy Foundation says those irregularities did not affect the election.
但是阿拉伯民主基金會的初步報告說，這些異常現象并沒有影響選舉結果。
The foundation, a non-profit organization, is of good standing and there have been no financial irregularities, she said.
她還提到，該基金會是一個非營利性的機構，有著良好的信譽，并無一切經濟上的違規行為。
Another new concept of the time was the systematic foundation of new cities, both by the emperor and the local dukes.
另一個對這個時間的定義是通過皇帝和地方公爵，標志性的新城市的建立。
'I would like to make sure we re-embrace those basics and rebuild the foundation of Toyota and its production system, ' he said.
“我想確保我們能重建這些基礎技術，重建豐田和它產品系統的基礎。”他說。
What he understood was that biological diversity -- crop diversity -- is the biological foundation of agriculture.
他所理解的生物多樣性--作物多樣性--¥是農業的生物基礎。
I recommend that you become familiar with at least the basics of all those schemata, as a sort of foundation.
我建議您至少要熟悉所有那些大綱的基礎知識，以此作為基礎。
By learning organizational skills at an early age, we were able to build a strong foundation in future endeavors to come.
通過學習，從小培養組織能力，為我們今后的工作學習打下了堅實的基礎。
The British Heart Foundation said the results showed the need for better nutritional and lifestyle support for women.
英國心臟基金會認為，這些結果說明需要在營養和生活方式方面對女性提供更好的支持。
Built on a foundation of oscommerce GPL code it will provide an easy to set-up and run online store.
基于GPL代碼基礎，它支持易于的安裝和運行在線存儲。
The president said the constitution guarantees fundamental freedoms and lays the foundation for lasting democracy.
布什總統指出，憲法草案保障基本自由，并為持久民主奠定了基礎。
Part II requires Part I for its foundation, but Part I becomes strengthened through a study of part II, each part reinforcing the other.
第二部分需要第一部分作為它的基礎，而通過第二部分的學習又使第一部分得到鞏固，兩部分相互補益。
They had not fashioned for themselves or their children so sure a foundation as was hers.
他們沒有為自己和后代創造一個象她那樣堅實的基礎。
The shearing strength at the foundation, where the concrete is placed on a smooth rock surface, may be lessened.
當混凝土澆筑在平滑的巖石表面時，地基上的剪切強度可能會減少。
This thing that they have done against me hurts justice; destroys faith; saps the foundation of the Church.
他們對我這么折騰：一，損害了法律；二，破壞了信仰；三，動搖了教會的基礎。
The need for a logical foundation of the number system was aggravated by the Alexandrian's free use of numbers.
由于亞歷山大人隨意使用數，所以對于數系的邏輯基礎就更加顯得迫切需要。
Your Honor, I say that the law is holy; that it is the foundation of all our cherished values.
法官閣下，我說法律是神圣的；它是我們所珍愛的一切價值的基礎。
Another science that received its foundation in Greek times is geography.
另一門奠基于希臘時代的科學是地理。
The earthquake displaced houses from their foundation.
地震把房屋從屋基上震塌了。
The total size of content in the Team Foundation source control server has no limit.
TeamFoundation源代碼管理服務器中內容的總大小沒有限制。
The foundation will use BT's support to raise sponsorship and cover the costs of launching at least two new prizes a year.
X基金會將利用英國電信的支持籌集更多贊助，彌補一年至少推出兩項新獎金的成本。
former President Bill Clinton agreed to disclose the names of every contributor to his foundation since its inception in 1997.
為了讓妻子順利擔任這一職務，前總統比爾克林頓同意透漏所有自1997年成立基金會以來捐增者的名單。
Consequently, the resulting Team Foundation security infrastructure is robust, secure, and easy to administer.
因此，這樣產生的TeamFoundation安全結構安全、可靠并易于管理。
He said he would not inject shares of his main businesses into the foundation.
他表示，不會將自己主要企業的股份注入基金會。
Figures from the RAC Foundation, a motoring lobby, suggest that only a fifth of the population use trains more than once or twice a week.
來自皇家汽車俱樂部（一個汽車團體）的數據表明，全國只有五分之一的人每周乘坐列車出行的次數多于一次或兩次。
It is crucial that this foundation is strong, for if it is upon this that the rest of the house is built.
地基要牢固這是至關重要的，因為房屋剩下的部分要在這上面修建。
Two years ago, he said, a group of local businessmen tried to start a foundation to track missing children.
他說，兩年前，一群當地商人建立了一個基金會來尋找失蹤兒童。
We do however accept that some beliefs are going to hard to release, but hope to be able to show that they have no foundation in the truth.
然而我們也當然的會接受某些信仰難以放棄的事實，但是希望能夠表現出，它們在事實中沒有基礎。
The Gates Foundation has given out eight grants (here's the list as a PDF) to universities that are trying to dream up a toilet 2. 0.
蓋茨基金會已經分發了8個補助金（這里有具體的名單），給正在嘗試設計便桶2.0的大學。
Just as importantly, he is able to work more closely now with his wife, Melinda, at the Foundation.
同樣重要的，他可以和妻子梅琳達更密切地一起在基金會工作。
Dam, dam foundation of anti-plugging, excavation around the gushing water and basal sand Chung grouting can be used to deal with.
壩體、壩基的防滲堵漏、基坑周邊滲水和基底涌水涌沙都可采用注漿法處理。
To be sure, I was on something of a luxury trip for journalists, carefully choreographed by the China-U. S. Exchange Foundation.
當然，我是參加由中美交流基金會，為記者精心準備的一個豪華旅行團。
It is all too clear that the global economic imbalances that laid the foundation for the recent recession are still present.
很明顯，為近期衰退奠定基礎的全球經濟失衡仍然存在。
Just a few years ago, it would have been astonishing for a foundation, particularly one as traditional as Carnegie, to publicize a failure.
就在幾年前，我都不會吃驚了基礎，尤其是作為傳統卡內基，宣傳失敗。
To summarize its historic achievement is the very classification and sort of poetic heritage from the foundation of New China.
總結它的歷史成績，也是對中國新時期以來詩歌遺產的基本梳理。
Andrea Rader, a spokeswoman for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, said the group was not behind the campaign.
乳癌防治基金會的蘇珊·G·科曼的女發言人安德里亞雷德稱，這項活動并不是該組織發起的。
The Nobel Foundation give a Peace Prize to Kim Dae Jung and along with it a diploma.
諾貝爾基金會向金大中頒發了和平獎并附有一張證書。
There is no doubt that the strength of the team to a newspaper run by laying a solid foundation.
這樣的隊伍實力無疑為辦報打下了一個堅實的基礎。
With a strong sense of responsibility for the children, she took the initiative in organizing the Children's Foundation.
由于對孩子強烈的責任心，她開始著手組織兒童基金會。
