groundwork

英 [ˈɡraʊndwɜːk]

美 [ˈɡraʊndwɜːrk]

n.  基础工作; 准备工作

复数：groundworks　

TEM8

BNC.18422 / COCA.11757

牛津词典

noun

• 基础工作；准备工作
  work that is done as preparation for other work that will be done later
  1. Officials are laying the groundwork for a summit conference of world leaders.
     官员们正在为世界首脑峰会做准备工作。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 基础；根基
  The groundwork forsomething is the early work on it which forms the basis for further work.
  1. Yesterday's meeting was to lay the groundwork for the task ahead...
     昨天的会议是为以后的工作做准备。
  2. These courses provide the groundwork of statistical theory.
     这些课程介绍的是统计学理论的基础。

英英释义

noun

• preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
  1. we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago
• lowest support of a structure
  1. it was built on a base of solid rock
  2. he stood at the foot of the tower
  Synonym:foundationbasefundamentfootsubstructureunderstructure
• the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
  1. the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
  Synonym:basisbasefoundationfundamentcornerstone

双语例句

• Yesterday's meeting was to lay the groundwork for the task ahead
  昨天的会议是为以后的工作做准备。
• Discussing both your situation and their specific needs sets the groundwork to discuss priorities.
  和他们一起讨论你的现状和他们的特殊要求，你会对如何区分优先级有一个大致的概念。
• This, they feel, may lay the groundwork for financial independence and secession.
  他们觉得，如此可以打下财政独立与成功的基础。
• This flurry of evolutionary activity laid the groundwork for the emergence of great apes and humans.
  这段演化骚动期为大猿与人类的演化奠定了基础。
• These courses provide the groundwork of statistical theory.
  这些课程介绍的是统计学理论的基础。
• The government had already provided the groundwork for economic take-off by creating almost full employment.
  政府通过开创近乎充分就业的局面从而为经济起飞打下了基础。
• Let's set the groundwork with a couple of problems I have run into as a systems administrator.
  首先描述我作为系统管理员遇到的两个问题。
• This good start has laid the groundwork for the further growth of China-U.S.relations.
  这一良好开局为新时期中美关系的发展奠定了基础。
• Diplomats meeting in Chile have laid the groundwork for far-reaching environmental regulations
  在智利会面的外交官们已经为那些对未来影响深远的环境保护条例的制定打好了基础。
• But before we can get to that, we need to lay some groundwork.
  但在此之前，我们可以让这一目标，我们需要打下一些基础工作。