•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。

•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。

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•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。

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•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。