"foundations" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 地基
• 基礎

Definition

支撐建築物的堅固基礎，也指某事物建立的基本原則或思想。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

可指建築物的實體地基，也可指事物的核心原則或思想（如 'the foundations of science'）。常用於比喻語境。

Examples

The workers finished the foundations of the new school.

工人們完成了新學校的**地基**。

Strong foundations help a building stand tall and safe.

堅固的**地基**讓建築物更加高大穩定。

Learning the basics is like building the foundations of your knowledge.

學習基礎知識就像打好你知識的**基礎**。

Years of training laid the foundations for her success.

多年的訓練為她的成功打下了**基礎**。

If the foundations are weak, the whole project could fail.

如果**地基**不穩，整個項目都可能失敗。

Modern science is built on the foundations of earlier discoveries.

現代科學建立在早期發現的**基礎**之上。