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

• The project is intended to lay the groundwork for future research.
  这项工程旨在为将来的研究奠定基础。
• It laid the groundwork for a response to its economic crisis.
  但它为解决该国经济危机打下了基础。
• We have covered the basic groundwork, and this is enough to start writing a new provider.
  我们已经涉及到了基础工作，这已足够开始创建一个新Provider了。
• GCARD will lay the groundwork for this consensus.
  GCARD将为这种共识打下基础。
• This provides the groundwork for the rational design of cancer vaccines for clinical trials.
  这一发现为临床肿瘤疫苗试验的合理设计提供了依据。
• Member States agreed the framework lays the groundwork for better preparedness and better access to tools and knowledge.
  会员国商定的这一框架为加强防范以及更好地获取工具和知识奠定了基础。
• 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。
• Extending democracy at the grassroots level is the groundwork for developing socialist democracy.
  扩大基层民主，是发展社会主义民主的基础性工作。
• Most important, the groundwork is being laid in systematic fashion.
  最为重要的是，采取系统化的方法打下了基础。
• Structural design consultation on industrial& civil building project, design consultation on groundwork and foundation project.
  工程监理咨询事务所工业与民用建筑工程结构设计咨询、地基与基础工程设计咨询。