英文::foundation

(摘自朗文當代英漢雙解詞典第569頁)

foun.da.tion n.

1. [U] the act of starting the building or planning of something large, or starting some kind of organization 創立；創建
2. [C] a building and the organization connected with it, planned for a good purpose and supported in some special way (由基金會建立的)建築物
3. [C 當名稱時常大寫] a an organization that gives out money for certain special purposes 基金會 b the money held by such an arganization 基金
4. [U] that on which a belief, custom, way of life, etc., is based; BASIS 根據；基礎
5. [S] = FOUNDATIONS (1) 地基

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[S] 功用比較特殊的單數名詞，可接 a, an 但不可接 one。這一類名詞不可數，也無複數型。(摘自朗文當代英漢雙解詞典第xxiv頁)