foundations

基本解释

The foundations of the building have subsided.
该建筑的地基已下沉了。
Mass violence threatened to unsettle the very foundations of government.
大规模的暴力行动有使政府基础为之动摇的危险。
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
如果你已把楼阁建在空中,你的辛苦也不会白搭；这正是楼阁应该待的地方。现在要做的,是在它们下面铺好基础。

Now we're making foundations for the recovering patients, cause for some reason we can't find any explanations for the contaminations.
Hobbes is typically concerned with the foundations of this new science, getting the building blocks right from the beginning.
霍布斯特别关注,这门新科学的奠基，从一砖一瓦开始建筑。
耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选
He says through wicked deeds like this "all the foundations of the earth," are moved, "are shaken" .
通过人类的恶行,世界的根本会动摇。
耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Its aim is to lay the foundations for lasting peace and sustainable development through dialogue and sharing knowledge.
UNESCO: About Us

Thefoundationof something such as a belief or way of life is the things on which it is based.
A foundation is an organization which provides money for a special purpose such as research or charity.
The foundations of a building or other structure are the layer of bricks or concrete below the ground that it is built on.
If a story, idea, or argument has no foundation, there are no facts to prove that it is true.
Foundation is a skin-coloured cream that you put on your face before putting on the rest of your makeup.
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依据
Chapter Three: Theoretical foundations for the plaintiff qualification of the civil public interest litigation.
第三部分:确定民事公益诉讼原告资格的理论依据。
根源
The movement of modernity has its profound social roots and foundations, the main theme of which represents the rise of civil society and its dual course with the state.
现代性运动有其深厚的社会根源和基础，其主旋律展现着市民社会的兴起及其与国家的二元化进程。
理论根据
Part three mainly analyses the foundations of "POV".
第三部分主要分析了“被害人预防”的理论根据，即“被害人预防”的理论支撑及可行性分析。
土木建筑工程
地基
Consolidation and permeability coefficients are key parameters in calculation and designing of foundations, CPTU and BAT-system can obtain the consolidation and permeability coefficients quickly and accurately.
固结系数和渗透系数是地基设计及计算中的关键参数。
水利工程
地基
Expansive soil， one of the special clay soils， had caused many problems to foundations and slopes.
膨胀土作为一种特殊的黏性土引发了许多地基与边坡方面的问题。
地球科学
地基