laying foundation

基本解释

The two common phrases in modern Chinese, "laying foundation" and "making sacrifice", come from the shocking custom of archaic times.
現代漢語中常用的“奠基”和“獻身”兩個詞，來源於上古時期駭人聽聞的習俗。
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Objective To assess home health care needs of the elderly and find out the contents of gerontic home health care service, laying foundation for later study of home health care service model.
目的調查和評估社區老年人的健康現狀與家庭護理服務需求，確定老年家庭護理服務內容，爲槼範老年家庭護理服務的開展和家庭護理服務模式的研究奠定基礎。
This thesis, combining theory study and demonstration analysis, illustrate the studying theory and means of Forest ecology environment value first, laying foundation of demonstration analysis.
本文以理論研究與實証分析相結郃的原則，首先詳細闡述了森林生態環境價值研究的理論與方法，爲進一步的實証研究奠定了基礎。

He says he hopes the U.S.and Burma could "take advantage of these gestures as a way to begin laying a foundation of goodwill and confidence-building in the future."

The decisions that aren't just about the bottom line, but they're about laying that foundation for the next generation.
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"Genomics is right now at the stage of laying the foundation, " says Lander.
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But more importantly, it's laying the foundation for where we need to go.
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