base是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the bottom part of an object, on which it rests, or the lowest part of something -- 基底，底座；底層，底部

  • a crystal glass with a heavy base 底部厚重的水晶杯

  • At the base of the cliff was a rocky beach. 懸崖的下面是布滿岩石的海灘。

  • This cream provides an excellent base for your make-up (= a good bottom layer on which other layers can be put). 這種乳霜化妝打底用效果極好。

• 1 the main place where a person lives and works, or a place that a company does business from -- 基地；總部

  • I spend a lot of time in Brussels, but London is still my base. 我經常呆在布魯塞爾，但倫敦仍然是我的基地。

  • Nice is an excellent base for (= place to stay when) exploring the French Riviera. 尼斯是遊覽法國海濱度假勝地的理想去處。

• 2 a place where there are military buildings and weapons and where members of the armed forces live -- 軍事基地

  • an old naval/military base 舊有的海軍／軍事基地

• 3 one of the four positions on a square that a player must reach to score a point in the game of baseball -- （棒球運動中的）壘

• 4 the activity or people from which someone or something gets most of their support, money, etc. -- 基礎，支柱

  • A strong economy depends on a healthy manufacturing base. 強大的經濟以健康的製造業為基礎。

  • We're aiming to expand our customer base. 我們正在致力擴展客源。

• 5 the main part of something -- 主要成分

  • a cocktail with a whisky base 用威士忌作基酒的雞尾酒

• 6 the number on which a counting system is built -- 基數

  • A binary number is a number written in base 2, using the two numbers 0 and 1. 二進制數字是一種用0和1兩個數碼表示、基數為2的數字。

• 7 a chemical that dissolves in water and combines with an acid to create a salt -- 鹼，鹽基

• 8 not showing any honour and having no morals -- 賤的；卑下的，卑鄙的

  • I accused him of having base motives. 我譴責他動機卑鄙。

• 9 to have a particular town or area, etc. as the main place that you live and work in, or where you do business from -- 以某處（城鎮或地區等）作為生活、工作、經商的主要地點；將某地設為總部

  • Where is your firm based? 你們公司的總部在哪裡？

  • He was based in (= he lived in or was at a military establishment in) Birmingham during the war. 戰爭期間他駐守在伯明罕。