build的過去式是built，build的基本意思是把建筑材料或構件組合在一起成為各種建造物，這種建造物可以小如兒童玩具，大如摩天大樓。強調建造過程和所付出的勞動，尤指體力勞動。引申可指“樹立，確立”“增強”等。

build的過去式例句

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

銀行往往建得看上去很堅固，好讓顧客放心。

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

他是個大塊頭，結實得像棵橡樹。

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

她炒股有方，發了大財。

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

建造工人必須把新建房屋的屋頂固定得更牢靠些。

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

這座城市建在巖石上，四周筑有城墻。