Yesterday's meeting was to lay the groundwork for the task ahead.

昨天的会议为后面的任务打下了基础。

Diplomats meeting in Chile have laid the groundwork for far-reaching environmental regulations.

在智利会晤的外交官们已经为长远的环境保护规则奠定了基础。

They had laid the groundwork for future development.

他们为此后的发展奠定了基础。

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。

My brother laid a solid groundwork for French at high school, so he decided to major in French at university.

我哥哥在中学就打下了很好的法语基础，所以他决定在大学主修法语。

It worked out well, by making my first move, but there was a lot of groundwork to be put down beforehand that helped me make that move a little bit easier.

我首先迈出第一步很有效，但是事先，我得打下许多基础，以帮助我迈出那一步稍微容易一些。

Most important, the groundwork is being laid in systematic fashion.

最为重要的是，采取系统化的方法打下了基础。

Once you've completed the necessary groundwork, you need to act.

一旦你已经完成这些必须的准备工作，接下来需要的就是去行动。

OK, so now we've laid the groundwork, let's look at the dynamics.

好，那么现在我们已经奠定好基础，让我们看看动力学。

This first article sets the groundwork and defines lightweight development.

本篇文章作为第一篇，为读者打好基础，同时对轻量级开发做出定义。

It is my hope this lays the groundwork for future template creation endeavors.

我希望通过本文可以为将来的模板创建工作打下基础。

Create a scene or an event that sets the groundwork for subtextual meaning.

创造一个场景或事件为潜台词打好基础。

Now that you have the groundwork laid out, the following are the next steps.

现在您已经铺好了地基，以下是接下来的步骤。

In addition to first developing nylon, also helped lay the groundwork for Neoprene.

除了发明尼龙以外，他还为合成橡胶的发明奠定了基础。

This groundwork helps the implementation of software license agreements in DaaS models.

这样的基础工作可以帮助在DaaS模型中实现许可协议。

That is why we must do the hard work to lay the groundwork for progress in our own capitals.

这也是为什么我们必须艰苦努力，在我们各国首都为取得进展奠定基础。

But this is being overcome in a very Japanese way: by laying the groundwork for deals in advance.

但是这个缺陷将会以一个很有日本味道的形式得以解决，那就是在收购之前就做好所有基础工作。

Quite the contrary, work on this profile can lay the groundwork for possible future WS-I profiles.

正相反，针对这个概要开展的工作可以为将来的WS - i概要打下基础。

Let's set the groundwork with a couple of problems I have run into as a systems administrator.

首先描述我作为系统管理员遇到的两个问题。

It was the frantic response to falling sales that laid the groundwork for the earnings Renaissance.

对销售额下降的过激反应为盈利振兴奠定了基础。

The findings help lay the groundwork for a new type of cancer medicine using cancer-killing viruses.

这一发现为使用抗癌病毒的新型抗癌药物奠定了基础。

IT-centric entry points - connectivity and reuse - allow you to lay the technical groundwork for SOA.

以IT为中心的入口点——连接性和重用——允许您为SOA奠定技术基础。

How you model this time in her life will lay the groundwork for how she feels about being a woman.

在她生命的这个时期，你怎样做榜样，将会影响她将来怎样做女人。

Discussing both your situation and their specific needs sets the groundwork to discuss priorities.

和他们一起讨论你的现状和他们的特殊要求，你会对如何区分优先级有一个大致的概念。

Gorbachev was also now ready to start laying the groundwork for an orderly Soviet troop withdrawal.

戈尔巴乔夫也已经安排好了为苏军的有序撤退的相关准备。

The first six chapters of the book are dedicated to laying the groundwork for teaching web search skills.

该书的前六章，着重于对教授网络搜索技能的基础的讲述。