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

• This groundwork has led other researchers to delve into new areas of study in American Sign Language.
  这些基础工作使得后继研究者能够在新的领域里对美国手语进行更深层次的研究。
• 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。
• They had laid the groundwork for future development.
  他们为此后的发展奠定了基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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, 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。
• 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。
• 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。