1. 指望：build up 树立 | build upon 指望 | build 建造

2. 依靠,以......为基础：commemorate and assess 纪念并评价 | build upon 依靠,以......为基础 | learn from setbacks 前事不忘,后事之师

3. 指望,依赖：brotherhood n .手足情,兄弟关系 | build upon 指望,依赖 | charity n .慈善

4. 把...建立在...上：144bucklen. 皮带扣 | 145build... upon把...建立在...上 | 146bulletn. 子弹

verb

1. be based on
of theories and claims, for example

e.g. What's this new evidence based on?

Synonym: repose onrest onbuild on