groundwork

英['graundwə:k]美['graundwə:k]

n.
1.基础工作；准备工作

同：	[n.] cornerstone, foot, foundation, fundament

Preliminary groundwork for a mobilization of industry had happily been laid before the United States entered the war
美国参战之前，工业动员的初步基础已经奠定。收藏
The supporting base or groundwork of a structure,as for a monument or wall.
地基建筑中的支撑面或地基，如一座纪念碑或一堵墙收藏
laid the groundwork for future negotiations.
为将来的谈判奠定基础收藏
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。收藏
By hearty co-operation, the USSR could hasten victory and help lay the groundwork for postwar co-operation
如果俄国衷心合作，那它是加速取胜，并协同奠立战后合作基础的。收藏

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the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
- the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture
[同] cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork, base, basis
lowest support of a structure
- it was built on a base of solid rock
- he stood at the foot of the tower
[同] foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, base, substructure, understructure

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