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

• It is the groundwork of reading and writing.
  这是阅读和写作的基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。