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

• 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。
• 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。
• GCARD will lay the groundwork for this consensus.
  GCARD将为这种共识打下基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We laid the groundwork today for long-term prosperity, as well.
  我们今天也为长期的繁荣奠定了基础。
• 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。
• 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。