foundation 音标拼音: [fɑʊnd'eʃən]
n . 基础,根本;
U 建立,创立;
C 地基;
C 基金,基金会
基础,根本;
U 建立,创立;
C 地基;
C 基金,基金会
foundation *基金 基础
foundation n 1 :
the basis on which something is grounded ; "
there is little foundation for his objections "
2 :
an institution supported by an endowment 3 :
lowest support of a structure ; "
it was built on a base of solid rock "; "
he stood at the foot of the tower " [
synonym :
{
foundation }, {
base }, {
fundament }, {
foot }, {
groundwork },
{
substructure }, {
understructure }]
4 :
education or instruction in the fundamentals of a field of knowledge ; "
he lacks the foundation necessary for advanced study "; "
a good grounding in mathematics " [
synonym : {
foundation },
{
grounding }]
5 :
the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained ; "
the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture " [
synonym : {
basis }, {
base },
{
foundation }, {
fundament }, {
groundwork }, {
cornerstone }]
6 :
a woman '
s undergarment worn to give shape to the contours of the body [
synonym : {
foundation garment }, {
foundation }]
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 " [
synonym :
{
initiation }, {
founding }, {
foundation }, {
institution },
{
origination }, {
creation }, {
innovation }, {
introduction },
{
instauration }]
Foundation \
Foun *
da "
tion \,
n . [
F .
fondation ,
L .
fundatio .
See {
Found }
to establish .]
1 .
The act of founding ,
fixing ,
establishing ,
or beginning to erect .
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2 .
That upon which anything is founded ;
that on which anything stands ,
and by which it is supported ;
the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure ;
groundwork ;
basis .
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Behold ,
I lay in Zion ,
for a foundation ,
a stone . .
.
a precious corner stone ,
a sure foundation . --
Is .
xxviii .
16 .
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The foundation of a free common wealth . --
Motley .
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3 . (
Arch .)
The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall ,
including the base course (
see {
Base course }
(
a ),
under {
Base },
n .)
and footing courses ;
in a frame house ,
the whole substructure of masonry .
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4 .
A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution ,
and constituting a permanent fund ;
endowment .
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He was entered on the foundation of Westminster .
--
Macaulay .
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5 .
That which is founded ,
or established by endowment ;
an endowed institution or charity ;
as ,
the Ford Foundation .
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Against the canon laws of our foundation . --
Milton .
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{
Foundation course }.
See {
Base course },
under {
Base },
n .
{
Foundation muslin },
an open -
worked gummed fabric used for stiffening dresses ,
bonnets ,
etc .
{
Foundation school },
in England ,
an endowed school .
{
To be on a foundation },
to be entitled to a support from the proceeds of an endowment ,
as a scholar or a fellow of a college .
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1913 Webster ]
238 Moby Thesaurus words for "
foundation ":
A ,
a priori principle ,
affirmation ,
alpha ,
anchorage ,
appanage ,
apriorism ,
arrangement ,
assertion ,
assumed position ,
assumption ,
axiom ,
basal ,
base ,
baseboard ,
basement ,
basic ,
basic training ,
basis ,
bearing wall ,
bed ,
bedding ,
bedrock ,
beginning ,
blast -
off ,
bottom ,
briefing ,
call ,
categorical proposition ,
cause ,
cellar ,
chassis ,
clearing the decks ,
clown white ,
cold cream ,
colonization ,
commencement ,
compact ,
constitution ,
cosmetics ,
creation ,
cutting edge ,
dado ,
data ,
dawn ,
dot ,
dower ,
dowry ,
drugstore complexion ,
edge ,
effectuation ,
endowment ,
equipment ,
establishment ,
eye shadow ,
eyebrow pencil ,
familiarization ,
first principles ,
fixation ,
fixing ,
floor ,
flooring ,
flying start ,
fond ,
foot ,
footing ,
formation ,
foundation cream ,
foundational ,
founding ,
frame ,
fresh start ,
fundament ,
fundamental ,
good reason ,
greasepaint ,
ground ,
grounds ,
groundwork ,
hand cream ,
hand lotion ,
hardpan ,
hypothesis ,
hypothesis ad hoc ,
inauguration ,
inception ,
infrastructure ,
initiation ,
installation ,
installment ,
institute ,
instituting ,
institution ,
investiture ,
investment ,
jointure ,
jump -
off ,
keel ,
kick -
off ,
leading edge ,
legal jointure ,
lemma ,
lip rouge ,
lipstick ,
lodgment ,
major premise ,
makeready ,
makeup ,
making ready ,
manufacture ,
marriage portion ,
mascara ,
material basis ,
materialization ,
minor premise ,
mobilization ,
mooring ,
mopboard ,
mudpack ,
nadir ,
nail polish ,
new departure ,
oncoming ,
onset ,
opening ,
organization ,
organizing ,
origin ,
origination ,
outbreak ,
outset ,
paint ,
pavement ,
peopling ,
philosopheme ,
philosophical proposition ,
pillar ,
planning ,
plantation ,
population ,
portion ,
position ,
postulate ,
postulation ,
postulatum ,
powder ,
powder puff ,
prearrangement ,
preliminaries ,
preliminary ,
preliminary act ,
preliminary step ,
premise ,
prep ,
preparation ,
preparatory study ,
preparing ,
prepping ,
prerequisite ,
presupposition ,
pretreatment ,
primary ,
principle ,
processing ,
propaedeutic ,
proposition ,
propositional function ,
provision ,
puff ,
purpose ,
radical ,
raison d '
etre ,
rationale ,
readying ,
realization ,
reason ,
rest ,
right ,
riprap ,
rock ,
rock bottom ,
rouge ,
rudiment ,
running start ,
seat ,
send -
off ,
setting in motion ,
setting -
up ,
settlement ,
settling ,
shoemold ,
sill ,
sole ,
solid ground ,
solid rock ,
spadework ,
square one ,
start ,
start -
off ,
starting point ,
statement ,
stereobate ,
stylobate ,
substance ,
substratum ,
substruction ,
substructure ,
sumption ,
supposal ,
take -
off ,
talcum ,
talcum powder ,
terra firma ,
theorem ,
thesis ,
thirds ,
toe ,
tower ,
training ,
treatment ,
trial ,
truth table ,
truth -
function ,
truth -
value ,
tryout ,
underbuilding ,
undercarriage ,
undergirding ,
underlying ,
underpinning ,
understruction ,
understructure ,
vanishing cream ,
vanity case ,
wainscot ,
war paint ,
warm -
up ,
warrant
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