to lay the foundations

基本解释

The builders are now beginning to lay the foundations of the new school.
建築工人正開始給新校捨打地基。
But there will also be opportunities to lay the foundations of a safer and more stable financial system, and so secure sustainable economic growth.
但是，世界上也存在著建立一個更加安全，更加穩定的經濟基礎的契機，這個基礎可以保証經濟增長的持續性。
"They are likely to discuss what needs to be done to assure a shared recovery and to reform the international financial institutions, and to lay the foundations for future growth," he said.
他們可能將討論如何能確保各國經濟共同複囌，如何改革國際金融機搆，以及如何爲未來的發展奠定基礎。

"They are likely to discuss what needs to be done to assure a shared recovery and to reform the international financial institutions, and to lay the foundations for future growth,".

Its aim is to lay the foundations for lasting peace and sustainable development through dialogue and sharing knowledge.
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All of this puts greater onus on Mr Duhalde to lay the foundations of recovery before stepping down.
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We must mobilize to overcome them and to lay the foundations for a new, sharper agenda to follow 2015.
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