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foundation

/foun-dey-shuhn/US // faʊnˈdeɪ ʃən //UK // (faʊnˈdeɪʃən) //

基金会,基础,基础知识,础

Related Words

infrastructure基础设施,基础设施建设,基础建设,架构groundwork基础工作,基层工作,工作基础,基础知识support支持,支助,支撑,支持率authority权力,权力机构,权力机关,大权在握base基础,基地,基层,底层bedrock基岩,基石,基岩的institute研究所,学院,研究院,研究机构corporation公司,企业,公司介绍,公司名称company公司,企业,公司的,公司的情况society社会,社团,协会,社群organization组织,组织机构,机构,组织结构establishment建立,建立的,建立了,建立起来的endowment捐赠,拨款,禀赋,捐赠品association协会,协会简介,社团,关联charity慈善机构,慈善,慈善事业,慈善组织heart心,心脏,心灵,心儿footing基脚,基底,基础,基基础justification理由,理由是,辩解,解释bottom底部,底层,底,底端nitty-gritty细枝末节,细致入微,琐碎的事情,琐事

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
    • : the natural or prepared ground or base on which some structure rests.
    • : the lowest division of a building, wall, or the like, usually of masonry and partly or wholly below the surface of the ground.
    • : the act of founding, setting up, establishing, etc.: a policy in effect since the foundation.
    • : the state of being founded.
    • : an institution financed by a donation or legacy to aid research, education, the arts, etc.: the Ford Foundation.
    • : an endowment for such an institution.
    • : a cosmetic, as a cream or liquid, used as a base for facial makeup.
    • : foundation garment.
    • : Solitaire. a card of given denomination on which other cards are to be added according to denomination or suit.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbasis for something physical or mental
Forms: foundations
Synonyms
authority权力,权力机构,权力机关,大权在握base基础,基地,基层,底层bedrock基岩,基石,基岩的groundwork基础工作,基层工作,工作基础,基础知识infrastructure基础设施,基础设施建设,基础建设,架构support支持,支助,支撑,支持率abcs缩写basics基础知识,基本知识,基本原理,基本情况bed床位,床铺,床bottom底部,底层,底,底端foot脚,脚部,脚步,脚踏实地footing基脚,基底,基础,基基础ground地面,地,场地,土地guts胆量,内脏,胆识,胆子heart心,心脏,心灵,心儿justification理由,理由是,辩解,解释nitty-gritty细枝末节,细致入微,琐碎的事情,琐事nub块状物,块状,块头,块prop榰reason原因,理由,原因是,缘由root根,根基,根源,根部stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留substratum基层,基质,基底层,基层材料substructure下层结构,下层建筑,下部结构,下层架构understructure底层结构,底层建筑,底层架构,底部结构bottom line底线,底线是什么,底线是brass tacks铜制大头针,铜钉,铜钉子,黄铜钉nuts and bolts螺母和螺栓,坚果和螺栓,螺帽和螺栓,螺母和螺钉underpinning支撑,支撑物,支柱,基础
nounestablished institution
Forms: foundations
Synonyms
association协会,协会简介,社团,关联charity慈善机构,慈善,慈善事业,慈善组织company公司,企业,公司的,公司的情况corporation公司,企业,公司介绍,公司名称endowment捐赠,拨款,禀赋,捐赠品establishment建立,建立的,建立了,建立起来的institute研究所,学院,研究院,研究机构organization组织,组织机构,机构,组织结构society社会,社团,协会,社群guild公会,行会,协会,公社inauguration就职典礼,就职仪式,就职典礼上,就任典礼plantation种植园,种植业,种植场,种植基地settlement解决问题,解决方法,解决,解决方式trusteeship受托管理,托管,托管服务,委托管理set-up设置,设定,设立,设定的

Examples

  • It’s not OK for kids to move on in some grade levels when the foundation of what they need for the next grade level, they don’t have.

  • Google has an estimated almost 90% share of the search market in the US, and this is the foundation upon which its gargantuan online advertising business rests.

  • If someone wants to challenge me, my faith — that’s our background, foundation.

  • General relativity has become the foundation for today’s understanding of the cosmos.

  • The deal in France serves as a foundation for licensing agreements with individual publishers.

  • These two videos rest atop bookmarked links to The Jeffrey Epstein Foundation.

  • In October, he traveled to Denver with Fry to support his work with LGBT rights organization The Matthew Sheppard Foundation.

  • Privacy advocates such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation say everyone should use it.

  • He is a representative of the Free Russia Foundation, an organization which aims to rebuild freedom and democracy in Russia.

  • She is also head of the Sabancı Foundation, which conducts female-empowerment programs for women in rural Turkey.

  • Now what should college give the young citizen, male or female, upon the foundation of schooling we have already sketched out?

  • I was too much enamoured of the honour to question the foundation on which it rested.

  • The formula for the date of its foundation in 1636 may be thus expressed—Harvard College founded; the chum age .

  • The old musical quality, rich in foundation tone, is returning, but with added power.

  • Sweet foundation tone produced from heavy wind pressure always possesses satisfactory power.

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