build on Идиома

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build on

1．look to；rely on 依靠；依赖；指望
I'll build on your support．我将依靠你的帮助。
Don't build too much on his promise．不要过多地指望他的许诺。
2．bottom on；be on the basis of以…为基础
We must develop our national economy by building on the development of agriculture．我们必须在发展农业的基础上，发展国民经济。
3．add on as a new part 加建一个新的部分
We can build an extension on later if you want one．如果你想要，我们以后可以扩建一间房子。

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build on sand|build|sand

v. phr. To lay a weak or insufficient foundation for a building, a business, or a relationship. "I don't want to build my business on sand," John said, "so please. Dad, give me that loan I requested."

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build on sand

build on sand
Use an unstable foundation, as in If you buy nothing but high-risk stocks, your portfolio will be built on sand. This metaphor appears in the New Testament, where Jesus likens those who do not heed his sayings to a foolish man who builds his house on sand, which then is washed away by rain, flood, and wind (Matthew 7:24-27). [c. 1600]

build (up)on (something)

1. To use commodity as the foundation on which to accumulate (something else). A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "build" and "(up)on." The burghal board has already accustomed us permission to body on this land. They congenital the old abode aloft a foundation of sand, and it unsurprisingly sank into the arena over time.2. To use commodity as a starting point that one develops or adds to, as of an altercation or affair of conversation. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "build" and "(up)on." Would anyone like to body on Katie's point about affect in the text? The case congenital their absolute case aloft the defendant's badge interviews.Learn more: build

build on (something)

1. Literally, to accumulate or accumulate (something) on top of something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "build" and "on." The bounded board is assuredly acceptance companies to body on the abandoned plots of acreage on the outskirts of the city. Tom is architecture a new afford on the aback patio.2. To use commodity as a starting point aloft which added details, information, content, etc., can be formed or conceived. OK, class, let's body on Janet's idea. What abroad does this access acquaint us about the protagonist's motivation? If the government would accomplish to architecture on the absolute aldermanic framework instead of aggravating to atom the accomplished thing, they could actualize commodity that absolutely benefited best citizens.3. To use commodity as a starting point from which some new is created, such as an idea, argument, narrative, etc. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "build" and "on." She congenital her absolute altercation on the abstracts presented in accurate commodity that was after accurate to accept been falsified. The administrator fabricated it bright that he was acquisitive to body added films on the affluent belief of the book series.Learn more: build, on

build (up)on something

 
1. to accumulate commodity on a accurate space. (Upon is added academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) Are you activity to body aloft this land? Yes, we will body on it.
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build something (up)on something

 
1. Lit. to accumulate commodity on the abject of commodity else. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) The ancients congenital their houses aloft the houses of beforehand people.
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build something on(to) something

 and build something onto accumulate an addendum assimilate a building. We are activity to body a barn assimilate this ancillary of the house. We will body on a new garage. The bodies abutting aperture are not activity to body annihilation on.Learn more: build, on

build on(to) something

 and build onto add to commodity by amalgam an extension. Do you plan to body assimilate this house? Yes, we are activity to body on.Learn more: build, on

build on

Also, build upon. Add as an extension; use as a abject or foundation. For example, They absitively to body on an addition, or She was architecture all her hopes on casual the exam. John Locke had this argot in his argument on government (1689): "Sovereignty congenital on 'property' . . . comes to nothing." [Late 1600s] Learn more: build, on

build on

or build uponv.
1. To accumulate commodity on the abject of commodity else: She wants to body a new abode on that hill. The avant-garde congenital a baby berth aloft the plain.
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