build的过去式

build的过去式是built，build的基本意思是把建筑材料或构件组合在一起成为各种建造物，这种建造物可以小如儿童玩具，大如摩天大楼。强调建造过程和所付出的劳动，尤指体力劳动。引申可指“树立，确立”“增强”等。

1. Banks are built to look solid to reassure their customers.

银行往往建得看上去很坚固，好让顾客放心。

2. He was a huge man, built like an oak tree.

他是个大块头，结实得像棵橡树。

3. She built up her fortune by cannily playing the stock market.

她炒股有方，发了大财。

4. Builders must fasten down roofs of newly-built homes more curely.

建造工人必须把新建房屋的屋顶固定得更牢靠些。

5. The city was walled and built upon a rock.

这座城市建在岩石上，四周筑有城墙。