- 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
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- do
- lay
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- groundwork for