1 N-COUNT [oft NOUN to-infinitive, n NOUN] (政府或其他组织的)计划，方案，安排 A scheme is a plan or arrangement involving many people which is made by a government or other organization. (政府或其他组织的)计划，方案，安排 [mainly British]
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...schemes to help combat unemployment.
有助于减少失业的方案
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...a private pension scheme.
私人养老金计划
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The company was pouring around $30 million into the scheme.
该公司要向该计划注资约 3,000 万美元。
SYN plan, programme, strategy, system
in AM, use 美国英语用 program
2 N-COUNT [oft NOUN to-infinitive] 计谋;阴谋;诡计;计划 A scheme is someone's plan for achieving something. 计谋;阴谋;诡计;计划 [Also + for]
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...a quick money-making scheme to get us through the summer.
能够让我们撑过这夏天的快速赚钱之道
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They would first have to work out some scheme for getting the treasure out.
他们首先得想个法子把财宝取出来。
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Tourists can be vulnerable to scams and con schemes of all kinds.
游客们会很容易陷入各种形形色色的骗局。
3 VERB [oft cont] 密谋;图谋;秘密策划 If you say that people are scheming, you mean that they are making secret plans in order to gain something for themselves. 密谋;图谋;秘密策划 [disapproval]
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Everyone's always scheming and plotting. [VERB]
人人时刻都在谋划着。
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The bride's family were scheming to prevent a wedding. [VERB to-infinitive]
新娘家人正密谋阻止婚礼。
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They claimed that their opponents were scheming against them. [VERB + against]
他们声称对手正在算计他们。
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You're a scheming little devil, aren't you? [VERB-ing]
你是个耍阴谋诡计的小魔鬼，对不对？
SYN plot, plan, intrigue, manoeuvre
4 See also: colour scheme pension scheme
5 PHRASE [poss PHR] 人生的安排 Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized. 人生的安排
6 PHRASE (世界万物的)格局 When people talk about the scheme of things or the grand scheme of things , they are referring to the way that everything in the world seems to be organized. (世界万物的)格局
Quotations
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men
Gang aft a-gley Robert Burns To a Mouse
| Thesaurus | scheme Also look up: |
| N. | design, plan, strategy 1 |
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