プログレッシブ英和中辞典(第5版)の解説
foun・da・tion
/faundéiʃən/
1
No building can stand without firm foundation.
堅固な土台なしでは建物は建たない
1a
The school has been nonsectarian since its foundation.
この学校は創立以来無宗派です
2
Rockefeller Foundation
ロックフェラー財団
2a
3
lay the foundation(s) of one's fortune
財産の基礎を築く
This rumor is without foundation.=This rumor has no foundation (in fact).
このうわさは事実無根だ
4
shake A to A's foundations
Aを根底から揺り動かす
[⇒found2]