scheme
[ski:m] noun countable
ESSENTIAL mainly UK
■an officially organized plan or system 方案，计划•a training/housing/play scheme训练／住房／娱乐活动方案 •a pension/savings scheme养老金／储蓄金计划 •There's a new scheme in our town for recycling plastic bottles.我们镇上有一个回收利用塑胶瓶的新计划。 •Class sizes will increase under the new scheme.按照新的设计，班级规模将扩大。 IMPROVER
■a plan for getting an advantage for yourself, especially by deceiving others 阴谋，诡计•He's got a hare-brained/crazy/daft scheme for getting rich before he's 20.他有一个轻率的／疯狂的／愚蠢的计划，好让自己在20岁前致富。
[ski:m] noun countable
the scheme of things
■the way things are organized or happen in a particular situation, or the way someone wants them to be organized 格局；安排•I was disappointed not to get the job, but it's not that important in the great/grand scheme of things (= when all things are considered).我没有得到那份工作，感到很失望，但从全盘考虑，这并不那么重要。
[ski:m] verb intransitive or transitive disapproving
■to make clever secret plans which often deceive others 密谋，策划•All her ministers were scheming against her她所有的大臣都在密谋策反。 •[+ to infinitive] For months he had been scheming to prevent her from getting the top job.数月以来，他一直在密谋阻止她得到这个最高职位。 |