叩き台

たたきだい【叩き台】

tentative plan〖C〗試案.

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たたきだい【叩き台】

〔物を叩く台〕 a block; 〔議論などの素案〕 a draft proposal [a proposal, a suggestion, an idea] serving as a basis [material] for working out a final plan.

●これはあくまでも叩き台にすぎません. This is only a draft proposal that we can use as a basis for working into a final plan.

・この試案を討議の叩き台として提出します. I present this tentative plan as material [a basis] for discussion.