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foundation

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近义词ground base

n. 基础；地基；基金会；根据；创立

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中文词源

foundation 基础

来自found, 底部，基础。

英英释意

1. the basis on which something is grounded;: "there is little foundation for his objections"

2. an institution supported by an endowment

3. the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;: "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

4. lowest support of a structure;: "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

5. education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge;: "he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"; "a good grounding in mathematics"

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"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"

英文词源

foundation (n.): late 14c., "action of founding," from Old French fondacion "foundation" (14c.) or directly from Late Latin fundationem (nominative fundatio) "a founding," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin fundare "to lay a bottom or foundation" (see found (v.1)). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by staþol.

Specialized sense of "establishment of an institution with an endowment to pay for it" is from late 14c.; meaning "that which is founded" (a college, hospital, etc.) is from 1510s; meaning "funds endowed for benevolent or charitable purposes" is from early 15c. Sense of "solid base of a structure" is from early 15c.

同义词辨析

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。

考试真题

Your identity has been formed; you've built up your resources; and now you have the chance to take the big risks precisely because your foundation is already secure.

The absorption helps them to establish strong foundations for recollection, says Patihis, and the fantasy proneness means that they revisit those memories again and again in the coming weeks and months.

What government has not yet found is the political will to put that understanding into full practice with a sequence of smart schooling that provides the early foundation.

Meals are the foundation of the family, says Carole Counihan, a professor at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, so there was a very important interconnection between eating together and strengthening family ties.

Mr.Kibara and hundreds of other farmers have been removing some of their tea bushes and planting a new kind of tea developed by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya.

A 16th century castle in Scotland is close to collapsing after lumps of soil were washed away by floods, threatening its foundations.

Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage People are being lured (引诱)onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service without realizing they're paying for it by giving up toads of personal information

What is said about the schools forded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

Many schools compete for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funds.

"Meals are the foundation of the family," says Carole Counihan, a professor at millersville University in Pennsylvania, "so there was a very important interconnection between eating together and strengthening family ties."

"We realize that as a company with people, trucks, warehouses, we needed to play a larger role," said Eduardo Martinez, the president of the UPS Foundation.

These stages will span sectors, take people to different cities, and provide a foundation for building a wide variety of skills.

UPS's charitable arm, the UPS Foundation, uses the company’s logistics to help disaster-struck areas rebuild.

About 250 students so far have gone through the program, which receives funding from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation.

Recently, we examined more than 400 essays on the laws of life that teens from two communities had written as part of an educational program initiated by the John Templeton Foundation in Radnor, Pa.

Higher education has been able to duck this issue for years, particularly the more selective schools, by saying the responsibility is on the individual student," says Pennington of the Gates Foundation.

His solid foundation in math theory.

Humanistic disciplines are seriously underfunded, not just by the government and the foundations but by academic institutions themselves.

They could get financial support from various foundations for humanistic studies

Later working together in London, they laid the foundations of modern physics by showing that normal laws of cause and effect do not apply at the level of subatomic particles.

Laying the foundations of modem mathematics

We first see ourselves through the eyes of others, so their messages form important foundations of our self-concepts.

"A comparison point is in the 1990s battles over encryption," said Kurt Opsahl, general counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy watchdog group.

Because if we aren't, we won't be providing much value in future ecosystems, and that may put in question the foundation for our existence.

Recently, we examined more than 400 essays on the "laws of life" that teens from two communities had written as part of an educational program initiated by the John Templeton Foundation in Radnor, Pennsylvania.

According to a new survey (调查) by the national sleep foundation, 51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights, even though they have to get up early.

Born at an international crane foundation, Emma was raised by human caretakers.

But the new national sleep foundation survey found that 35% of 10- to 12-year-olds get only seven or eight hours.

Chronologica is a fascinating journey through time, from the foundation of rome to the creation of the Internet.

It separated the building from its foundation.

Last year the foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7- to 12-year-olds said they felt tired during the day, and 15% said they had fallen asleep at school.

She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a community centre in Waterhouse.

She started the ladybug foundation, an organization aiming at getting rid of homelessness.

The foundation began another campaign called national red scarf day, a day when people donate $20 and wear red scarves in support of Canada's hungry and homeless.

Third, youth-sport programs are critical for the learning of motor skills, these motor skills serve as a foundation for future national sport stars and recreational adult-sport participants.

To lift a big structure like the tremont hotel, pullman would place thousands of Jackscrews beneath the building's foundation.

For example, the Long Now Foundation has its flagship project a medical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAAS asking that it identify actions that could be taken by “federal, state and local governments, universities, foundations, educators, individual benefactors and others” to “maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education”.

But the Nobel Foundation’s limit of three recipients per prize, each of whom must still be living, has long been outgrown by the collaborative nature of modern research—as will be demonstrated by the inevitable row over who is ignored when it comes to acknowledging the discovery of the Higgs boson.

He could not confide them even to his wife, although they provide the unacknowledged foundation of his fiction.

The history of the EEOB began long before its foundations were laid.

A Knight Foundation focus-group survey of young people between ages 14 and 24 found they use.

A Knight Foundation focus-group survey of young people between ages 14 and 24 found they use "distributed trust" to verify stories.

For example,the Long Now Foundation has as its flagship project a mechanical clock that is designed to still be marking time thousands of years hence.

实用场景例句

The money will go to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.: 这笔钱将交给旧金山艾滋病基金会。

The organization has grown enormously since its foundation in 1955.: 该组织自1955年创建以来已有重大的发展。

This issue has shaken the foundations of French politics.: 这个问题从根本上动摇了法国的政治。

The explosion shook the foundations of the houses nearby.: 爆炸震撼了附近房屋的地基。

Respect and friendship provide a solid foundation for marriage.: 尊重和友爱是婚姻的牢固基础。

The rumour is totally without foundation (= not based on any facts) .: 这谣传毫无事实根据。

These stories have no foundation (= are not based on any facts) .: 这些故事纯属虚构。

The builders are now beginning to lay the foundations of the new school.: 建筑工人正开始给新校舍打地基。

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 National Foundation for Educational Research.: 全国教育研究基金会

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。

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.

The country has a weak economic foundation.: 这个国家的(经济)底子薄.

The foundation becomes solid after tamping.: 打夯以后,地基就瓷实了.

With the change of the economic foundation the entire immense superstructure is more or less rapidly transformed.: 随着经济基础的变化,整个庞大的上层建筑也会不同程度地发生迅速变革.

The theory made the greatest pretence of having a scientific foundation.: 那学说号称最具有科学基础.

Our economy continues to grow, our financial foundation remains solid, our society remains pluralistic , and our politicians continue to debate openly on all the topical issues.: 香港的经济继续蓬勃增长, 财政基础依然稳固, 社会维持多元化.

The Foundation gives money to help artists.: 那家基金会捐款帮助艺术家.

This old house has a very solid foundation.: 这所旧房子有非常结实的地基.

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