build
build
(past and past participle built )
build one's hopes up
(past and past participle built )
- [with obj.](常作 be built)construct (something, typically something large) by putting parts or material together over a period of time
建筑，建造，盖
the ironworks were built in 1736.
这座钢铁厂建于1736年。
■commission, finance, and oversee the building of (something)
委托（或提供资金，监管）建造
the county council plans to build a bypass.
郡议会计划出资铺一条小路。
■(build something in/into)incorporate (something) and make it a permanent part of a structure, system, or situation
使成为组成部分；安装，固定
engineers want to build in extra traction.
工程师们想要加入附加牵引装置。
■(Computing)compile (a program, database, index, etc.)
(计算机)编（程序、数据库、索引等）
■[no obj.](of a program, database, index, etc.) be compiled
（程序，数据库，索引等）被编
■establish and develop (a business, relationship, or situation) over a period of time
建立，发展（生意，关系或形势）
he'd built up the store from nothing.
他白手起家成立了那家商店。
■[no obj.](build on)use as a basis for further progress or development
以…为发展基础
Britain should build on the talents of its workforce.
英国应该依靠其劳动大军的才能来发展。
■increase the size, intensity, or extent of
增大，加强
we built up confidence in our abilities.
我们逐步建立起对自己能力的信心。
[no obj.]the air of excited anticipation builds.
兴奋的期盼气氛不断增强。
- [mass noun]the proportions of a person's or animal's body
体形，体格
she was of medium height and slim build.
她中等身材，很苗条。
[in sing.]he was an ideal build for a sprinter.
他的体形很适合做一名短跑运动员。 - the style or form of construction of something, especially a vehicle
（尤指车辆的）造型，结构 - (Computing)a compiled version of a program
(计算机)构件
■[mass noun]the process of compiling a program
编程过程
build one's hopes up
- become ever more hopeful or optimistic about something
对…抱有更大希望（变得更加乐观）
- (figurative)without reliable foundations or any real substance
(喻)不切实际；不牢固；不稳妥
- Old English byldan, from bold, botl 'dwelling', of Germanic origin; related to bower
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