| 单词 | found |
| 释义 | found (faʊnd ) Word forms: founds , founding , founded 1. A1 Found is the past tense and past participle of find. 2. verb B2 When an institution, company, or organization is founded by someone or by a group of people, they get it started, often by providing the necessary money. The Independent Labour Party was founded in Bradford on January 13, 1893. [be VERB-ed] He founded the Centre for Journalism Studies at University College Cardiff. [VERB noun] The business, founded by Dawn and Nigel, suffered financial setbacks. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: establish, start, set up, begin foundation (faʊndeɪʃən ) singular noun [with poss] ...the foundation of the Royal Opera as a permanent international company. [+ of] Synonyms: setting up, institution, instituting, organization Synonyms: substructure, underpinning, groundwork, bedrock Synonyms: basis, heart, root, mainstay founding singular noun [with poss] I have been a member of the club since its founding. 3. verb [usually passive] B2 When a town, important building, or other place is founded by someone or by a group of people, they cause it to be built. The town was founded in 1610. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: erect, build, construct, raise 4. See also founded, founding Collocations: found a group I found a group in the whirling dervish tradition and emailed a couple who host meetings at their home. Times, Sunday Times I found a group of islanders standing around the flames. Times,Sunday Times I've settled in now and found a group of friends who are incredibly supportive, which helps. The Sun Instead of stumbling upon a criminal gang, however, they found the group of committed bridge players. Times, Sunday Times I found the group discussions also very important. Times, Sunday Times Car magazine found big differences between the best and worst new cars' brakes. The Sun I found a magazine when playing out with friends. The Sun She'd found a magazine under my bed years before. Times, Sunday Times Autocar magazine found 94.6% of drivers admitted breaking the limit. Times, Sunday Times However, the left-of-centre magazine found itself under fire not only from the candidates but also from many of its reader. Times, Sunday Times They reviewed the patients' progress after two years and found that movement and brain function had improved in three. Times, Sunday Times He wasn't trying to found a movement. Christianity Today A follow-up study has found that movement score improvements observed one year after the surgery was maintained after three years in 58% of the cases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Experiments using the visual sensory modality found that movement of elements of an object produce paths that individuals perceive that the objects are on. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He found that movement of the basilar membrane resembles that of a traveling wave; the shape of which varies based on the frequency of the pitch. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 People travelling from overseas found a nation comfortable in its multicoloured skin and joyously unrestrained in its celebration of sport and culture. Times, Sunday Times I have at last found a nation that eats cats for pleasure. Times, Sunday Times Not surprisingly, that sort of personality doesn't go unnoticed in a nation founded on the pursuit of happiness. Times, Sunday Times They ended up founding a nation and sparking a revolution. Christianity Today Many would say 'and about time'; the president should represent a racially mixed country whose population bears little resemblance to those who founded the nation in 1776. Times, Sunday Times The network found that 16 per cent of childen aged 11 to 15 had agreed to meet a stranger they contacted on the internet. The Sun However, an investigation by this newspaper in 2006 found a network of 3,500 unregulated overflow pipes that could be used to discharge raw sewage. Times, Sunday Times By early 1972, the network found itself serving 70,000 people a month. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lana presented the concept and the network found it to be interesting. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The group found a network of pathways and several small, abandoned villages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The newspaper found that referrals to the hospital, which costs 5 million a year, were down 20 per cent in a year. Times, Sunday Times Analysis by this newspaper found that at least 1,640 rooms were not ready for the start of freshers' week. Times,Sunday Times The newspaper found lists posted by people with famous names. Times, Sunday Times It came as an investigation by this newspaper found that: ? Times, Sunday Times The public was rarely informed of test results, the newspaper found. canada.com Even so, a majority of the judges found the party guilty of eroding secularism. Times, Sunday Times They found the party no longer speaks for large parts of the country, having lost the respect of ordinary working people who value their family, community and nation. Times, Sunday Times When no kangaroos and game are to be found the party would subsist on the flesh of their own flocks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also found that party too authoritarian and developed an opposition to large state and mass organizations and a preference for the small community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 No: we found a school, cut a hole in the chain-link fence, sneaked in and trained on their pitch. Times, Sunday Times The couple were given a warning, but when inspectors returned three months later they found the school running exactly as before. Times,Sunday Times He was swayed, he said, by the chance to found a school backed by a top university. Times, Sunday Times After polishing them, the teacher decided to found a school band. Times, Sunday Times She found a school for midwifery where she could be delivered for free. The Times Literary Supplement Society found that more than half of adults could not spell embarrassed or millennium. Times, Sunday Times The building society found that 80 per cent of people expected their family finances in 2006 to be either the same as, or better than, they were in 2005. Times, Sunday Times The local historical society found reference to it on a map from 1605. Times, Sunday Times The society found that couples face a postcode lottery to obtain free fertility treatment despite clinical guidelines. Times, Sunday Times The society found 4.5 balloons on every 100 metres of beach, up from 1.5 in 2008. Times, Sunday Times The pair want to make founding a start-up the number one career choice for the most ambitious graduates. Times, Sunday Times This sequence echoes the chronicles shared with me by readers who took the plunge and founded a start-up. Times, Sunday Times Rather than cooling the water artificially, wasting its thermal energy, tunnel engineers founded a start-up company to use the warm water to heat a greenhouse. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When these factors were combined, the trust found that wellbeing and opti-mism among young people had flatlined at a record low. Times, Sunday Times She managed to found her trust at the age of 60 with 5 in the bank and her pension of 14,000 a year. Times, Sunday Times The survey, of 2,103 households, also found that trust in energy supplier had risen, with more people believing that their power company was transparent and fair. Times, Sunday Times The trust found 12,500 homes and businesses had been built in coastal areas at risk of erosion or flooding over the past decade, contrary to planning guidance. Times, Sunday Times The trust found bird populations roughly doubled when they were fed through the lean winter months. Times, Sunday Times Seeing a number that matches your age on a door could mean you have found that ideal new property. The Sun In the increasingly popular monthly magazines, they found an ideal medium. Times, Sunday Times Experts found the ideal person next door after asking 2,000 people for the best traits in locals. The Sun Here he found the ideal environment for his particular interests and abilities. Times, Sunday Times He has more to offer now he has found his ideal distance. The Sun In a survey of more than 250 industry professionals, the institution found widespread pessimism. Times,Sunday Times As the buy-to-let market continues to shift while small-scale landlords give up on rentals, the institution found little growth in interest from new buyers or sellers. Times, Sunday Times Its early origins are found on a private institution founded in 1843. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At the age of 21, staff from the institution found him helping in a restaurant and forced him to take the recruitment exam. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyone, it seems, has had their say about the war, except the institution founded in 1917 to memorialise it. Times, Sunday Times She helped found the organization in 2000. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But some of the company's 70,000 farmer-shareholders said they're dismayed to see an organization founded on collectivist principles drifting further from their control. Globe and Mail |
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