found
verb- 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 欧洲联盟的创始成员 He was a founding editor of the journal. 他是该杂志的创始编辑。
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyb2He 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。
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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 移民的创始一代
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to base something on something 把…基于；把…建立在 - 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’.