The two common phrases in modern Chinese, "laying foundation" and "making sacrifice", come from the shocking custom of archaic times.

现代汉语中常用的“奠基”和“献身”两个词，来源于上古时期骇人听闻的习俗。

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After four years of negotiations, the historic Paris Agreement was finally adopted at the end of 2015, laying foundation for the future global governance of climate change.

〔提    要〕 历经四年谈判，2015年底的气候大会最终通过了决定未来全球气候变化治理格局的《巴黎协定》。

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Europe is not a transition era as what people in the past said in Middle Ages, but the period of laying foundation and forming tentatively of Europe and even western modern culture.

欧洲中世纪并非如过去人们所言是一个过渡时代，而是欧洲乃至西方现代文化的奠基和初步形成时期。

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He says he hopes the U.S.and Burma could "take advantage of these gestures as a way to begin laying a foundation of goodwill and confidence-building in the future."

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But Google is laying the foundation for new, gigabit-based applications that haven't yet been invented.

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The decisions that aren't just about the bottom line, but they're about laying that foundation for the next generation.

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"Genomics is right now at the stage of laying the foundation, " says Lander.

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