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  • Conjugation : past  builded ; past  built ; ing  building
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

build [bɪld]
  1. 1. noun [c/u] [of person] 体格
    He is of medium build.
    中等体格
  2. 2. vt. [+house] [ machine] 建造
  3. 3. vt. [+organization] [ relationship] 建立
    I wanted to build a relationship with my team.
    我想同我的团队建立关系
  4. 4. vi. 建设

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

build [bɪld]
  1. 1. vt. 建造组建
    The pub, built around 1600, was bought by a developer in 1988, who wanted to turn it into housing.
    这座小酒馆大约建于1600年,后来在1988年被一位开发商买下,他打算把它改造为一座住房
  2. 2. vi. 逐渐形成累积
    With the tent flap closed, the heat had been building up under the canvas.
    帐篷上的门帘放下之后热量开始帆布聚集
    Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border.
    印巴边界紧张局势正在形成
  3. 3. vt. 建立创建
    This would allow students to build up their qualifications by taking a variety of units, or modules.
    这将能够让学生们通过参加多种单元模块的工作积累自己的资格
  4. 4. vt. 增强……的去污能力
    Products with high proportions of polyphosphates are called built detergents.
    含有大量聚磷酸盐产品称为改进型清洁剂
  5. 5. vt. 监管监督
    The university plans to more than double its students by building an additional campus.
    这所大学计划修建一座校园以便使学生数量增加一倍以上
    The government is building new schools in this state.
    政府正在这个兴建新学校。
  6. 6. vt. 建设打造
    Most organisations rely on people, especially managers, to build their business.
    多数组织机构依赖人员尤其管理人员建立业务
    Build a million-dollar business.
    建立一个营业额数百万美元企业
  7. 7. vi. 从事建筑行业
    The architects built a system of simulated streets in the air.
    这些建筑师在空中建立一套模拟街道系统
    These architects build in interesting and new styles.
    这些建筑物建造得别具风格
  8. 8. vt. 筑起,筑造
    The facts on which you must build your argument are hard to find.
    支持你的论点事实很难找到
  9. 9. verb 增强加强
    Timid children need gentle handling to build up their confidence.
    胆小儿童需要和蔼对待这样才能树立起他们的自信心
  10. 10. verb 发展开展
    She could feel the tension building up in his body.
    能够感觉到在他身体逐渐积累起来张力
    Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera.
    悬念歌剧开始有了
  11. 11. n.[c] [Singular] 体型体质体格
    In her application, she had specified fair hair, slim build, regular features and smooth skin.
    她的申请中,她详细描述金黄色的头发苗条身段端庄容貌以及细腻皮肤
  12. 12. n.[c] 身体

Collins English-English Dictionary

build [bɪld]
  1. 1. vb to make, construct, or form by joining parts or materials
    to build a house
  2. 2. vi. [intr] to be a builder by profession
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to order the building of
    the government builds most of our hospitals
  4. 4. vt. [foll by on or upon] to base; found
    his theory was not built on facts
  5. 5. vt. [tr] to establish and develop
    it took ten years to build a business
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to make in a particular way or for a particular purpose
    the car was not built for speed
  7. 7. vi. [intr; often foll by up] to increase in intensity
    the wind was building
  8. 8. vi. [cards] to add cards to each other to form (a sequence or set)
  9. 9. vi. [intr] to add to the layout of cards on the table from one's hand
  10. 10. n physical form, figure, or proportions
    a man with an athletic build
  11. 11. n See also build in build into build up
  12. 12. n [Etymology] Old English byldan; related to bylda farmer, bold building, Old Norse bol farm, dwelling; see bower1

Examples

to build good will
增进亲善情谊
a stocky build
粗壮的体格
a solid build
强壮的体格
Go away, you make the anger build up inside me.
走开,你让我更生气了。
They are planning to build an interstate bridge.
他们计划建一座州际大桥。

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