1 VERB 建筑；建造 If you build something, you make it by joining things together. 建筑；建造
-
Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site. [VERB noun]
开发商现在建议在这个地方盖一座宾馆。
-
The house was built in the early 19th century. [be VERB-ed + in]
这所房子建于19世纪初期。
-
Workers at the plant build the F-16 jet fighter. [VERB noun]
这个工厂的工人建造 F-16 喷气式战斗机。
SYN construct, make, raise, put up
built -
Even newly built houses can need repairs.
即使是新建的房子也可能需要维修。
-
It's a product built for safety.
这是一种安全用品。
-
...structures that are built to last.
牢固耐久的建筑
2 VERB 把…建入；把…嵌入 If you build something into a wall or object, you make it in such a way that it is in the wall or object, or is part of it. 把…建入；把…嵌入
-
If the TV was built into the ceiling, you could lie there while watching your favourite programme. [be VERB-ed + into]
如果把电视嵌入天花板，你就可以躺在那里欣赏你最喜欢的节目了。
3 VERB 创建；建立 If people build an organization, a society, or a relationship, they gradually form it. 创建；建立
-
He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company. [VERB noun]
他和同伴自己创业，创办了一家成功的时装公司。
-
Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy. [VERB noun]
他们的目的是要建立一个公平的社会和一个强大的经济体。
-
I wanted to build a relationship with my team. [VERB noun]
我想和我的团队之间建立亲密关系。
SYN establish, start, begin, found
4 VERB 把（组织、系统或产品）建立于 If you build an organization, system, or product on something, you base it on it. 把（组织、系统或产品）建立于
-
We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories. [VERB noun prep.]
那样我们将会获得一个建立理论所需的更为牢固的事实基础。
-
The town's nineteenth-century prosperity was built on steel. [VERB noun prep.]
这个城市19世纪的繁荣是建立在钢铁工业基础上的。
5 VERB 使成为（政策、系统或产品的）组成部分 If you build something into a policy, system, or product, you make it part of it. 使成为（政策、系统或产品的）组成部分
6 V-ERG （使）（信心或信任）逐渐增强 To build someone's confidence or trust means to increase it gradually. If someone's confidence or trust builds, it increases gradually. （使）（信心或信任）逐渐增强 [Also + V P to]
-
The encouragement that young boys receive builds a greater self-confidence. [VERB noun]
小男孩受到的鼓励会增强他们的自信心。
-
Diplomats hope the meetings will build mutual trust. [VERB noun]
外交官们希望会议能增进彼此的信任。
-
Usually when we're six months or so into a recovery, confidence begins to build. [VERB]
通常我们在恢复约6个月后信心开始建立。
SYN develop, increase, improve, extend
Build up means the same as
build .
build up同build. 7 VERB （在…的基础上）继续发展 If you build on the success of something, you take advantage of this success in order to make further progress. （在…的基础上）继续发展
-
Build on the qualities you are satisfied with and work to change those you are unhappy with. [VERB on/upon noun]
以自己满意的优点为发展基础，努力改变自己不满意的地方。
-
The new regime has no successful economic reforms on which to build. [VERB + on/upon]
新政权没有成功实施可赖以为继的经济改革。
8 VERB （压力、速度、声音或激情）逐渐变大，逐渐增强 If pressure, speed, sound, or excitement builds, it gradually becomes greater. （压力、速度、声音或激情）逐渐变大，逐渐增强 [Also + V P to]
Build up means the same as
build .
build up同build -
We can build up the speed gradually and safely.
我们可以逐渐稳妥地提高速度。
-
Economists warn that enormous pressures could build up, forcing people to emigrate westwards.
经济学家警告，迫使人们向西部迁移的压力可能会增至很大的程度。
9 N-VAR 体形；体格；身材 Someone's build is the shape that their bones and muscles give to their body. 体形；体格；身材
-
He's described as around thirty years old, six feet tall and of medium build.
他被描述成一个30岁左右、6英尺高、中等身材的人。
-
The authority of his voice is undermined by the smallness of his build.
瘦小的身形削弱了他声音中的权威感。
SYN physique, form, body, figure
10 See also: building built
Phrasal verbs: - build upbuild up to
ThesaurusWord Partnership
| Thesaurus | build Also look up: |
| VERB. | assemble, make, manufacture, produce, put together, set up; (ant.) demolish, destroy, knock down 1 |
| Word Partnership | Use build with: |
| VERB. | plan to build 1 |
| N. | build bridges, build roads, build schools 1 build confidence 6 build momentum 8 |
| ADJ. | athletic build, slender build, strong build 9 |
View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years