口语，“打下基础”用英语怎么说？

to produce the basic ideas or structures from which something much larger develops

打下…的基础;为…打下基础

We can only lay the foundation. It won't necessarily go as I plan.

我们所能做的就是打好基础，机遇会不会来就不是我们所能左右的了。

He helped to lay the foundations of English drama.

他在奠定英国戏剧的基础方面做出了贡献。