| 单词 | lay a/the foundation | 
| 释义 | lay a/the foundationidiom1   : to create a usually stone or concrete structure that supports a building from underneath   2   : to provide something (such as an idea, a principle, or a fact) from which another thing develops or can develop  Her early research laid the foundation for many important medical discoveries. | 
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