pencil in 1. 用铅笔添入(或插入、填入) Their names had been pencil(l)ed in. 他们的名字用铅笔添进去了。 2. (尤指匆匆地)把…算入(或列入)； 安排 pencilin an increase in the budget 追加预算 He was pencil(l)ed in to speak between the main course and dessert. 他被安排在主菜与甜食之间的时间讲话。 The date for his departure is pencil(l)ed in for late summer. 他出发的日期定在夏末。 3. 绘…的草图；草拟，起草 pencil in a foreign-policy change 草拟外交政策的改变