build

verb

1. 建筑；建造
   to make sth, especially a building, by putting parts together
   1. They have permission to build 200 new houses.
      他们得到建200座新房的许可。
   2. Robins build nests almost anywhere.
      知更鸟几乎随处筑巢。
   3. a house built of stone
      用石头建造的房子
   4. They had a house built for them.
      他们让人给他们建了一栋房子。
   5. David built us a shed in the back yard.
      戴维帮我们在后院搭了个棚子。
   6. They're going to build on the site of the old power station.
      他们要在老发电站那里盖房子。
2. 创建；开发
   to create or develop sth
   1. She's built a new career for herself.
      她为自己开辟了一条新的谋生之路。
   2. We want to build a better life.
      我们想创造更美好的生活。
   3. This information will help us build a picture of his attacker.
      这条信息将有助于描画出袭击他的人的相貌。
3. 逐渐增强
   to become gradually stronger
   1. The tension and excitement built gradually all day.
      整个一天中，紧张与兴奋的气氛越来越浓。

noun

1. 体形；体格；身材
   the shape and size of the human body
   1. a man of average build
      中等身材的人

1. VERB 建筑；建造
   If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
   1. Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site...
      开发商现在建议在这个地方盖一座宾馆。
   2. The house was built in the early 19th century...
      这所房子建于19世纪初期。
   3. Workers at the plant build the F-16 jet fighter.
      这个工厂的工人建造 F-16 喷气式战斗机。
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.
   1. If the TV was built into the ceiling, you could lie there while watching your favourite programme.
      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.
   1. He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company...
      他和同伴自己创业，创办了一家成功的时装公司。
   2. Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy...
      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。
   3. I wanted to build a relationship with my team.
      我想和我的团队之间建立亲密关系。
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.
   1. We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories...
      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。
   2. The town's nineteenth-century prosperity was built on steel.
      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.
   1. We have to build computers into the school curriculum...
      我们必须把计算机纳入到学校的课程中。
   2. How much delay should we build into the plan?
      我们应该为这个计划预留多少富余的时间？
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.
   1. The encouragement that young boys receive builds a greater self-confidence...
      小男孩受到的鼓励会增强他们的自信心。
   2. Diplomats hope the meetings will build mutual trust...
      外交官们希望会议能增进彼此的信任。
   3. Usually when we're six months or so into a recovery, confidence begins to build.
      通常我们在恢复约6个月后信心开始建立。
   4. Build up means the same as build .
      build up同build.
   5. The delegations had begun to build up some trust in one another...
      代表团彼此之间开始建立了些许信任。
   6. We will start to see the confidence in the housing market building up again.
      我们将会看到，人们对房地产市场的信心将逐渐增强。
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.
   1. Build on the qualities you are satisfied with and work to change those you are unhappy with...
      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。
   2. The new regime has no successful economic reforms on which to build.
      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.
   1. Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony...
      要求推迟仪式的压力昨天进一步增大。
   2. The last chords of the suite build to a crescendo.
      组曲的最后和音部分渐入高潮。
   3. Build up means the same as build .
      build up同build
   4. We can build up the speed gradually and safely...
      我们可以逐渐稳妥地提高速度。
   5. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
10. See also: building built

1. Local companies find the sites and build the theme parks, while we will look after the branding.
   各地的公司确定园址后进行主题公园的修建，而我们将负责品牌推广工作。
2. Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site
   开发商现在建议在这个地方盖一座宾馆。
3. The house was built in the early 19th century
   这所房子建于19世纪初期。
4. Workers at the plant build the F-16 jet fighter.
   这个工厂的工人建造F-16喷气式战斗机。
5. If the TV was built into the ceiling, you could lie there while watching your favourite programme.
   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。
6. He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company
   他和同伴自己创业，创办了一家成功的时装公司。
7. Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy
   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。
8. I wanted to build a relationship with my team.
   我想和我的团队之间建立亲密关系。
9. We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories
   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。
10. The town's nineteenth-century prosperity was built on steel.
    这个城市19世纪的繁荣是建立在钢铁工业基础上的。
11. We have to build computers into the school curriculum
    我们必须把计算机纳入到学校的课程中。
12. How much delay should we build into the plan?
    我们应该为这个计划预留多少富余的时间？
13. The encouragement that young boys receive builds a greater self-confidence
    小男孩受到的鼓励会增强他们的自信心。
14. Diplomats hope the meetings will build mutual trust
    外交官们希望会议能增进彼此的信任。
15. Usually when we're six months or so into a recovery, confidence begins to build.
    通常我们在恢复约6个月后信心开始建立。
16. Build on the qualities you are satisfied with and work to change those you are unhappy with
    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。
17. Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony
    要求推迟仪式的压力昨天进一步增大。
18. The last chords of the suite build to a crescendo.
    组曲的最后和音部分渐入高潮。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically.
    约翰逊医生和我一直试图增强他的体质。
22. Some of the guns were melted down and used to help build a statue
    一些枪炮被回炉后用来建造了一座雕像。
23. The money to build the power station ought to have been sufficient.
    建设电站的资金本该足够了。
24. She helped to build a house, learning the rudiments of brick-laying as she went along.
    她参与了盖房子，并在施工过程中学习了砌砖的基本技巧。
25. Let's assume for the sake of argument that we manage to build a satisfactory database
    为了便于讨论，不妨假定我们成功地建立了一个令人满意的数据库。
26. When they came to build the southern spire the foundations began to sink.
    他们建南边的塔尖时，地基就开始下沉了。
27. I am determined to build on this solid foundation.
    我决定在这个坚实的基础之上继续努力。
28. As with any drug taken in excess, your body can build up a tolerance to it.
    和过量服用任何其他药物一样，身体会对它产生耐药性。
29. Bury the old world and build a new one.
    埋葬旧世界，建设新世界。
30. There they learnt to build houses.
    在那里他们学会了盖房子。

  build construct erect establish found set up【导航词义：建造】

  build v. 建造，建设

〔辨析〕普通用词，应用范围最广，既可用于表示建造具体有形的建筑，又可用于表示抽象意义上的建立、构建。

  construct v. 建造，建立

〔辨析〕强调按照一定设计建造规模较大、结构较复杂的物体，特别指按照图纸构筑某种建筑物。

  erect v. 建立，竖立

〔辨析〕指建造高而垂直的建筑物，强调有一定高度。

  establish v. 建立，设立

〔辨析〕强调稳固地建成，可指建立国家、政府、学校或商店等，也可指建立信仰、名誉、法律、制度、关系等。

  found v. 建造，创立

〔辨析〕常指通过提供必要的资金创建城市、公司、学校等，含打下基础之意。

  set up phr.v. 建立，创立

〔辨析〕侧重指开始着手创建公司、机构、委员会等。

build sth around sth

1. 在…基础上创出
   to create sth, using sth else as a basis
   1. They have permission to build 200 new houses.
      他们得到建200座新房的许可。
   2. Robins build nests almost anywhere.
      知更鸟几乎随处筑巢。
   3. a house built of stone
      用石头建造的房子
   4. They had a house built for them.
      他们让人给他们建了一栋房子。
   5. David built us a shed in the back yard.
      戴维帮我们在后院搭了个棚子。
   6. They're going to build on the site of the old power station.
      他们要在老发电站那里盖房子。

build sth↔in

build sth into sth

1. 把…建造在（较大的建筑物）里；使…固定于
   to make sth a permanent part of a larger structure
2. 使…成为（体系、计划等）的组成部分
   to make sth a permanent part of a system, plan, etc.
   1. a man of average build
      中等身材的人

build on sth

1. 在…的基础上发展
   to use sth as a basis for further progress

build sth on sth

1. 把…作为…的基础
   to base sth on sth

build sth↔on

build sth onto sth

1. 在（已有建筑物上）增建某物
   to add sth (for example, an extra room) to an existing structure by building

build up (to sth)

1. 加大；加强；增多
   to become greater, more powerful or larger in number

build up to sth

build yourself up to sth

1. 为…作准备
   to prepare for a particular moment or event

build sb/sth up

1. 吹捧；鼓吹
   to give a very positive and enthusiastic description of sb/sth, often exaggerating your claims

build sb/yourself↔up

1. 增强…的体质；使更加强壮
   to make sb/yourself healthier or stronger

build sth↔up

1. 创建；开发
   to create or develop sth
2. 增高；加强
   to make sth higher or stronger than it was before

v.

(build) castles in the air

• （建）空中楼阁；幻想；空想
  (to have) plans or dreams that are not likely to happen or come true

Rome wasn't built in a day

• 罗马不是一天建成的；复杂的工作不会一蹴而就
  used to say that a complicated task will take a long time and needs patience

noun

1. constitution of the human body

   Synonym:    physiquebody-buildhabitus

2. alternative names for the body of a human being
   1. Leonardo studied the human body
   2. he has a strong physique
   3. the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

   Synonym:    human bodyphysical bodymaterial bodysomafigurephysiqueanatomyshapebodchassisframeformflesh

verb

1. develop and grow
   1. Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera

2. form or accumulate steadily
   1. Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
   2. Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

   Synonym:    build upwork upprogress

3. bolster or strengthen
   1. We worked up courage
   2. build up confidence
   3. ramp up security in the airports

   Synonym:    build upwork upramp up

4. improve the cleansing action of
   1. build detergents

5. found or ground
   1. build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation

6. make by combining materials and parts
   1. this little pig made his house out of straw
   2. Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer

   Synonym:    constructmake

7. build or establish something abstract
   1. build a reputation

   Synonym:    establish

8. be engaged in building
   1. These architects build in interesting and new styles

9. give form to, according to a plan
   1. build a modern nation
   2. build a million-dollar business

10. order, supervise, or finance the construction of
    1. The government is building new schools in this state