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

• They had laid the groundwork for future development.
  他们为此后的发展奠定了基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Quite the contrary, work on this profile can lay the groundwork for possible future WS-I profiles.
  正相反，针对这个概要开展的工作可以为将来的ws-i概要打下基础。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。