foundational

基本解释

But that discussion is limited to accommodate the wide variety of directions these foundational works can support.
但是这样的讨论仅限于展示这些基础性著作所能支撑的广泛的方向。
So what they are doing now is building a foundation - "foundational services" he called it - which are not making money now, but "we intend to make money".
所以他们正在做的是建立一个根基-他们称他为“基本的服务”。、它现在虽然不赚钱，但是他们打算用它来赚钱。
Let me add one fundamental, foundational skill you need to master.
让我们增加一条根本的基础技能让你掌握

In other words, in a way it's a disputed text and it is not written by Aristotle, but it's also a foundational text.
所以，诗学是一个充满争议的著作,它并不是由亚里士多德创作的，却非常重要。
耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选
And then we moved to some general introductions to some foundational ideas in the study of psychology, Freud and Skinner.
接着我为大家概要地介绍了,一些基本的心理学知识,介绍了弗洛伊德和斯金纳的学说。
耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选
Somebody else might say,"Oh I'm here because this is a foundational document for Western civilization and I want to know something about the Bible."
也许有些人会说，“哦，我来此,是因为圣经是西方文明的基石,我想对它有所了解“
耶鲁公开课 - 新约课程节选

Austen analyzes these foundational concepts in examples too numerous and systematic to be considered incidental.
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