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VERB
建筑；建造
If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
例句
Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site...
開發商現在建議在這個地方蓋一座賓館。
The house was built in the early 19th century...
這所房子建于19世紀初期。
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VERB
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.
例句
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目了。
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VERB
創建；建立
If people build an organization, a society, or a relationship, they gradually form it.
例句
He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company...
他和同伴自己創業，創辦了一家成功的時裝公司。
Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy...
他們的目的是要建立一個公平的社會和一個強大的經濟體。
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VERB
把（組織、系統或產品）建立于
If you build an organization, system, or product on something, you base it on it.
例句
We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories...
那樣我們將會獲得一個建立理論所需的更為牢固的事實基礎。
The town's nineteenth-century prosperity was built on steel.
這個城市19世紀的繁榮是建立在鋼鐵工業基礎上的。
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VERB
使成為（政策、系統或產品的）組成部分
If you build something into a policy, system, or product, you make it part of it.
例句
We have to build computers into the school curriculum...
我們必須把計算機納入到學校的課程中。
How much delay should we build into the plan?
我們應該為這個計劃預留多少富余的時間？
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V-ERG
（使）（信心或信任）逐漸增強
To build someone's confidence or trust means to increase it gradually. If someone's confidence or trust builds, it increases gradually.
例句
The encouragement that young boys receive builds a greater self-confidence...
小男孩受到的鼓勵會增強他們的自信心。
Diplomats hope the meetings will build mutual trust...
外交官們希望會議能增進彼此的信任。
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VERB
（在…的基礎上）繼續發展
If you build on the success of something, you take advantage of this success in order to make further progress.
例句
Build on the qualities you are satisfied with and work to change those you are unhappy with...
以自己滿意的優點為發展基礎，努力改變自己不滿意的地方。
The new regime has no successful economic reforms on which to build.
新政權沒有成功實施可賴以為繼的經濟改革。
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VERB
（壓力、速度、聲音或激情）逐漸變大，逐漸增強
If pressure, speed, sound, or excitement builds, it gradually becomes greater.
例句
Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony...
要求推遲儀式的壓力昨天進一步增大。
The last chords of the suite build to a crescendo.
組曲的最后和音部分漸入高潮。
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N-VAR
體形；體格；身材
Someone's build is the shape that their bones and muscles give to their body.
例句
He's described as around thirty years old, six feet tall and of medium build...
他被描述成一個30歲左右、6英尺高、中等身材的人。
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威感。
Noun
1. constitution of the human body
2. alternative names for the body of a human being;
"Leonardo studied the human body""he has a strong physique""the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"Verb
1. make by combining materials and parts;
"this little pig made his house out of straw""Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"2. form or accumulate steadily;
"Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly""Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"3. build or establish something abstract;
"build a reputation"4. improve the cleansing action of;
"build detergents"5. order, supervise, or finance the construction of;
"The government is building new schools in this state"6. give form to, according to a plan;
"build a modern nation""build a million-dollar business"7. be engaged in building;
"These architects build in interesting and new styles"8. found or ground;
"build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"9. bolster or strengthen;
"We worked up courage""build up confidence""ramp up security in the airports"10. develop and grow;
"Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"