No building can stand without firm foundations, and neither can a marriage.

没有稳固的基础，建筑就不牢靠，婚姻也是如此。

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There were no firm foundations for economic recovery.

经济复苏的基础并不牢固。

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Many of our beliefs, when examined, turn out to have firm foundations;

我们的许多信念，细究起来，结果具有坚实的基础；

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Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank are spearheading the name-scrubbing exercise, keen to show that the new market is built on firm foundations.

ECONOMIST: Credit derivatives

But once inside the building, it's still far from clear that newspaper journalism is built on firm foundations until it finds a new business model.

BBC: Paper Tigers

Plaid must renew, rebuild, take its time to lay firm foundations.

BBC: Plaid Cymru conference: TV megastars and TV licences