foundation 的定义
- 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.
foundation 近义词
basis for something physical or mental
established institution
更多foundation例句
- 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.