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 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。
• But all the groundwork has been done by the wife.
  但所有基础工作都已经由妻子做好了。
• It is the groundwork of reading and writing.
  这是阅读和写作的基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• IT-centric entry points connectivity and reuse allow you to lay the technical groundwork for SOA.
  以IT为中心的入口点连接性和重用允许您为SOA奠定技术基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• We stress the importance of both methods as necessary groundwork for the application of justice.
  我们强调这两种方法都很重要，是公正法分析的必备基石。
• 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。