奠基的英文：
(n) groundbreaking
(v) lay a foundation

参考例句：

But what did we witness in the great pandal in which the foundation ceremony was performed by the viceroy
但总督主持的奠基大典上我们看到的又是什么。

If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation.
若想为快乐奠立可靠的基础，美好的名声便是奠基的石头。

groundbreaking是什么意思：
adj. 开创性的
n. 动工

This groundbreaking treatment has made the cure of liver cancer possible.
这种开创性的治疗方式让肝癌有治愈的可能。

We need a groundbreaking revolution in our company.
我们公司需要一个开创性的改革。

This groundbreaking exhibition is also the closing gala of the China-ItalyFriendship Year.
这次展览也是中国意大利年的闭幕之作。

lay是什么意思：
v. 放，搁；铺设，砌（砖）；产卵；打赌；提出；把...归于；lie的过去式
n. 位置

Lay the floor with a carpet. [Lay a carpet on the floor.]
把地毯铺在地板上。

lay under tribute
使处于从属地位

The invalid lay propped on the pillows.
那病弱者倚靠在枕头上。

foundation是什么意思：
n. 基础；地基；建立；基金会；粉底

That rumour has no foundation/is without foundation in fact.
那谣言没有事实根据.

The foundations have caved in.
地基下陷。

Badgers had undermined the foundations of the church.
獾在这座教堂的地基处打了洞。