CET4、TEM4

foundations单词基本解析：

n.地基; 地基( foundation的名词复数 ); 基础; 基金（会）; 建立

n.地基；地基( foundation的名词复数 )；基础；基金（会）建立；

foundations变化用词：

foundations英英释义：

foundation[ faun'deiʃənz ]n.the basis on which something is grounded

"there is little foundation for his objections"

an institution supported by an endowmentthe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

同义词：basisbasefundamentgroundworkcornerstone

lowest support of a structure

同义词：basefundamentfootgroundworksubstructureunderstructure

education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge

"he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study"

同义词：grounding

a woman's undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body

同义词：foundation garment

the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new

"the foundation of a new scientific society"

同义词：initiationfoundinginstitutionoriginationcreationinnovationintroductioninstauration

foundations中文词源：

foundations用法和例句：

Emotional conflict may shake the foundations of even the strongest relationship.

情感冲突可以动摇哪怕是最牢固的人际关系的基础。

柯林斯例句

If the foundations are flawed the house will come tumbling down.

如果地基不牢，房子将会倒塌。

柯林斯例句

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。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The house is unsafe since the foundations were undermined by floods.

这栋房子不安全,因为地基被洪水损坏了.

《简明英汉词典》

The foundations have sunk.

地基下陷了.

《简明英汉词典》

The foundations of the building settled.

这房屋的地基下陷了.

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The peace treaty rests on shaky foundations.

这项和平条约建于不稳固的基础上.

《简明英汉词典》

Badgers had undermined the foundations of the church.

獾在这座教堂的地基处打了洞.

《简明英汉词典》

The foundations have subsided.

地基下沉.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The foundations have sunk [ caved in ].

地基 下陷.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

The foundations of the house are insecure.

这房屋的地基不牢固.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began to sink.

他们建南边的塔尖时，地基就开始下沉了。

柯林斯例句

It is now that the spadework has to be done to lay firm foundations for later success.

现在应该着手做一些准备工作以便为日后的成功打下坚实基础。

柯林斯例句

Having laid the foundations of material prosperity, Solon turned to the constitution.

在打下物质繁荣的基础后, 梭伦便着手制定宪法.

英汉非文学 - 文明史

This laid the foundations for later modern economic growth.

这为后来的现代经济发展奠定了基础。

辞典例句

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