found
verb/faʊnd/
/faʊnd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they found | /faʊnd/ /faʊnd/ |
| he / she / it founds | /faʊndz/ /faʊndz/ |
| past simple founded | /ˈfaʊndɪd/ /ˈfaʊndɪd/ |
| past participle founded | /ˈfaʊndɪd/ /ˈfaʊndɪd/ |
| -ing form founding | /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/ /ˈfaʊndɪŋ/ |
- found something to start something, such as an organization or an institution, especially by providing money
创建，创办（组织或机构，尤指提供资金） - to found a club/company/school
创办俱乐部／公司／学校 - Her family founded the college in 1895.
她的家族于 1895 年创办了这所学院。 - the founding members of the European Union
欧盟的创始成员国 - He was a founding editor of the journal.
他是该杂志的创始编辑。
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyb2- He founded a new religion.
他创立了一种新的宗教。 - He founded the company 20 years ago.
他20年前创办了这家公司。
- to found a club/company/school
- found something to be the first to start building and living in a town or country
建立，兴建（城镇或国家） - The town was founded by English settlers in 1790.
这座城镇是英格兰移民于 1790 年建立的。 - French settlers founded New Orleans.
法国人建立了新奥尔良定居点。 - the founding generation of immigrants
创始一代移民
- The town was founded by English settlers in 1790.
- [usually passive] to base something on something
把…基于；把…建立在 - be founded on something Their marriage was founded on love and mutual respect.
他们的婚姻建立在爱情和互相尊重的基础上。
- be founded on something Their marriage was founded on love and mutual respect.
- found something (specialist) to melt metal and pour it into a mould; to make objects using this process
熔铸；铸造 - past tense, past participle of find
Word Originsenses 1 to 3 Middle English: from Old French fonder, from Latin fundare, from fundus ‘bottom, base’. sense 4 early 16th cent.: from French fondre, from Latin fundere ‘melt, pour’.