It may be misplaced, but it is not without foundation.

这或许是错位了，但却并非没有基础。

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According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.

就如神从创立世界以前，在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在他面前成为圣洁，无有瑕疵。

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The factor of good intelligence is the foundation of success, but success cannot yet be achieved without the factor of non-intelligence.

良好的智力因素是成功的基础，但没有良好的非智力因素也难以成功。

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Previous research commissioned by the government into organised satanic abuse followed in the wake of a number of local authority scandals, where claims were found to be without foundation.

BBC: Police investigate satanic abuse charges

But he said use of the drug in the UK was low and suggestions of an approaching crystal meth "epidemic" would be "without foundation and alarmist".

BBC: NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Crystal meth to be class A drug

It is the sound foundation without which nothing lasting can be built.

UNESCO: EDUCATION