1. 建筑；建造
    If you build something, you make it by joining things together.

    e.g. Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site...
           開發(fā)商現(xiàn)在建議在這個(gè)地方蓋一座賓館。
    e.g. The house was built in the early 19th century...
           這所房子建于19世紀(jì)初期。

2. 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.

    e.g. If the TV was built into the ceiling, you could lie there while watching your favourite programme.
           如果把電視嵌入天花板，你就可以躺在那里欣賞你最喜歡的節(jié)目了。

3. 創(chuàng)建；建立
    If people build an organization, a society, or a relationship, they gradually form it.

    e.g. He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company...
           他和同伴自己創(chuàng)業(yè)，創(chuàng)辦了一家成功的時(shí)裝公司。
    e.g. Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy...
           他們的目的是要建立一個(gè)公平的社會(huì)和一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的經(jīng)濟(jì)體。

4. 把（組織、系統(tǒng)或產(chǎn)品）建立于
    If you build an organization, system, or product on something, you base it on it.

    e.g. We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories...
           那樣我們將會(huì)獲得一個(gè)建立理論所需的更為牢固的事實(shí)基礎(chǔ)。
    e.g. The town's nineteenth-century prosperity was built on steel.
           這個(gè)城市19世紀(jì)的繁榮是建立在鋼鐵工業(yè)基礎(chǔ)上的。

5. 使成為（政策、系統(tǒng)或產(chǎn)品的）組成部分
    If you build something into a policy, system, or product, you make it part of it.

build的翻譯

    e.g. We have to build computers into the school curriculum...
           我們必須把計(jì)算機(jī)納入到學(xué)校的課程中。
    e.g. How much delay should we build into the plan?
           我們應(yīng)該為這個(gè)計(jì)劃預(yù)留多少富余的時(shí)間？

6. （使）（信心或信任）逐漸增強(qiáng)
    To build someone's confidence or trust means to increase it gradually. If someone's confidence or trust builds, it increases gradually.

    e.g. The encouragement that young boys receive builds a greater self-confidence...
           小男孩受到的鼓勵(lì)會(huì)增強(qiáng)他們的自信心。
    e.g. Diplomats hope the meetings will build mutual trust...
           外交官們希望會(huì)議能增進(jìn)彼此的信任。

7. （在…的基礎(chǔ)上）繼續(xù)發(fā)展
    If you build on the success of something, you take advantage of this success in order to make further progress.

    e.g. Build on the qualities you are satisfied with and work to change those you are unhappy with...
           以自己滿意的優(yōu)點(diǎn)為發(fā)展基礎(chǔ)，努力改變自己不滿意的地方。
    e.g. The new regime has no successful economic reforms on which to build.
           新政權(quán)沒有成功實(shí)施可賴以為繼的經(jīng)濟(jì)改革。

8. （壓力、速度、聲音或激情）逐漸變大，逐漸增強(qiáng)
      If pressure, speed, sound, or excitement builds, it gradually becomes greater.

      e.g. Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony...
             要求推遲儀式的壓力昨天進(jìn)一步增大。
      e.g. The last chords of the suite build to a crescendo.
             組曲的最后和音部分漸入高潮。

9. 體形；體格；身材
      Someone's build is the shape that their bones and muscles give to their body.

      e.g. He's described as around thirty years old, six feet tall and of medium build...
             他被描述成一個(gè)30歲左右、6英尺高、中等身材的人。
      e.g. The authority of his voice is undermined by the smallness of his build.
             瘦小的身形削弱了他聲音中的權(quán)威感。

10. see also: building;built

相關(guān)詞組：build upbuild up to