groundwork

noun

1. 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。

1. N-SING 基础；根基
   The groundwork for something 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. It is my hope this lays the groundwork for future template creation endeavors.
   我希望通过本文可以为将来的模板创建工作打下基础。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. These beginning steps lay the groundwork for keyword-driven testing, which positions the team for sustainable automation.
   这些开始步骤为关键字驱动测试设置了基础，这安置了进行可支持的自动化的团队。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. GCARD will lay the groundwork for this consensus.
    GCARD将为这种共识打下基础。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. 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。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. The soil magnetism data is the groundwork of biomagnetism application in agriculture.
    摘要土壤磁性数据将是生物磁学农业应用的基础。
23. They had laid the groundwork for future development.
    他们为此后的发展奠定了基础。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. It is the groundwork of reading and writing.
    这是阅读和写作的基础。
29. 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。
30. 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。

noun

1. preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
   1. we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago

2. 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

3. 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