| 词组 | based |
| 释义 | based When used to mean "established, founded" and when followed by a preposition, based is most often used with on: • As the university tradition came to America, it was based on four ultimate sources of strength —James B. Conant, Atlantic, May 1946 Less often, based is used with upon: • ... perhaps only in the end based upon a complication in economics and machinery —T. S. Eliot, "Tradition and the Individual Talent," 1917 And least often, it is used with in: • ... the non-denominational religion based in the hope of progress —Reinhold Niebuhr, New Republic, 23 Oct. 1953 Based, when used to mean "stationed or located at a base," is most often followed by the prepositions at or in: "a fleet based at the island," "She was based in California." • From 1781 to 1788 he was based in Leeds, touring in other north country towns —George Metcalfe, Country Quest (Wrexham, Wales), June 1974 • ... a couple of young Australian lawyers who were based at the hotel —David Butwin, Saturday Rev., 13 Nov. 1971 Use of this sense with the preposition on is chiefly British: • ... the roving correspondent of a leading Dutch newspaper, who has been based on London for the past twenty years —London Calling, 17 June 1954 Only occasionally is on found in American usage: • General Benjamin Lincoln, after failing to recapture Savannah, was now based on Charleston —Samuel Eliot Morison, Oxford History of the American People, 1965 Over may also be seen occasionally in special contexts: • ... the fact that so many of the firms controlling this wealth are based over the border is one which Canadians often mention with anxiety —Andrew Walker, Modern Times, 1975 |
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