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1. He laid the groundwork for a good command of French at high school.
他在中学里打下了很好的法文基础。
2. Constant practice is the groundwork for success in playing the piano.
要弹得一手好钢琴，经常练习才是根本。
1. 地基：谁知道在挖地基(groundwork)的时候挖出了一坛金子. 阿弥诚实善良,他觉得这块地本来是陀佛的,所以金子也应该是陀佛的,于是他抱着金子去找陀佛. 陀佛也是善良淳朴,他认为这块地已经卖给阿弥了,所以从阿弥的地里挖出来的东西就应该属于阿弥,
2. 基础;基本原理;基本成分;土方工程：groundwater-forming condition 地下水形成条件 | groundwork 基础;基本原理;基本成分;土方工程 | group bottom 能群下限
3. 基础性工作：基层自治组织 grassroots self-governing organizations | 基础性工作 groundwork | 积极防御的军事战略方针 military strategic principle of active defense
1. 基础；根基
The groundwork for something is the early work on it which forms the basis for further work.
e.g. 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。
e.g. These courses provide the groundwork of statistical theory.
这些课程介绍的是统计学理论的基础。
noun
1. preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation
e.g. we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago
2. lowest support of a structure
e.g. it was built on a base of solid rock
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
e.g. the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture