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frame·work /ˈfreɪmwɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ AWL noun [countableC]

1 SYSTEM[usually singular] a set of ideas, rules, or beliefs from which something is developed, or on which decisions are based 体系，体制；框架；准则

framework of/for

This paper provides a framework for future research.

这篇论文为今后的研究提供了一个框架。

2 social/legal/political etc framework SYSTEMthe structure of a society, a legal or political system etc 社会/法律/政治等的框架

We have to act within the existing legal framework.

我们必须在现行的法律框架下行事。

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social/legal/political etc framework• What is the point of a legal framework if companies can not get a court injunction to stop illegal strike action?• He tries to provide for reform within a political framework and he introduces consensus, as a social control variable.• It summarises geological knowledge of metalliferous mineralisation, reviews current and past exploration, and describes its administrative and legal framework.• In the twelfth century the canon lawyers devised an elaborate, and comparatively humane, legal framework for poor relief.• No legal framework prevails to enable disabled people to counteract discrimination, unfair employment practices, problems of access, etc.• Some relate to the present legal framework.• The simplified and more rational legal framework that it introduced is unified by some powerful principles that speak to those issues.• But he accepted the social framework of his day and the status and role of women within it.

3 TSUPPORT/HOLD UPthe main supporting parts of a building, vehicle, or object 〔建筑物、车辆或物体的〕构架，框架，结构

the metal framework of the roof

屋顶的金属框架

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framework• The aim of this legislation is to provide a framework for employers and trade unions to operate in.• The science people learn in school can provide the basic framework.• The conceptual framework it has produced is particularly pertinent to the discussion here.• The management of schools is changing and decisions have to be made in the context of a financial framework.• Nor have we tried to decide whether rules and reasons can only be considered in a hermeneutic framework incompatible with causal explanation.• A rigid metal framework supported the sculpture.• We need a legal and political framework that is favourable to business.• The purpose of this paper is to suggest a simple framework in which to address some of these neglected questions.• The civil zone still poses many difficult problems of chronology in the framework of what is known of the historical narrative.• How do you feel you can develop your skills within the framework of the team?• In this framework, policies that encourage investment are good; policies that make investment less profitable are bad.

framework of/for• The bodily expression of inner distress needs a framework of bonds between people if it is to have any meaning.• The first session is used for introductions and for setting up a framework for the course.• Both were inspired by the potential of law to create a disciplined framework for global technological and social change.• Seizing on one cause and inflating its opposite within a problematic framework of assumptions is not the answer.• Enlargement to the East will take place in a restrictive framework of international rules and obligations.• But that, unusual though it was, had been only the outline, the skeletal framework of the man.• It is far better to plan a media relations programme within the framework of your organisation's objectives as whole.• To help things along we provide our usual framework of social activities, sharing costs between survivors.

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