ground·work
noun/ˈɡraʊndwɜːk/
/ˈɡraʊndwɜːrk/
[uncountable]- groundwork (for something) work that is done as preparation for other work that will be done later
基础工作；准备工作 - 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。 - The first year provides the basic groundwork for the pupils’ study of maths.
第一年为学生的数学学习打下根基。 - We are already doing the groundwork for the introduction of the plan next year.
我们已经在为明年实施计划做些基本的准备工作。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- basic
- legal
- theoretical
- …
- do
- lay
- prepare
- …
- groundwork for
- Officials are laying the groundwork for a summit conference of world leaders.