单词 | scheme |
释义 | schemeWord family nounschemerschemescheming Crimescheme1 /skiːm/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL noun [countableC] 1 British EnglishBrESSPLAN an official plan that is intended to help people in some way, for example by providing education or training 〔造福他人的〕计划,规划,方案 SYN American English program The money will be used for teacher training schemes. 这笔钱将用于教师培训计划。 a pension scheme 退休金计划 scheme for schemes for two new cross-city lines 建两条新的跨城铁路的规划 scheme to do something a new scheme to boost exports 促进出口的新计划 pilot scheme (=something that is done on a small scale in order to see if it is successful enough to be done on a larger scale) 试验性计划 ► see thesaurus at plan The pilot scheme proved to be a great success. 这个试点项目非常成功。 2 SCCPLANa clever plan, especially to do something that is bad or illegal – used to show disapproval 阴谋,诡计〔含贬义〕 a get-rich-quick scheme 快速致富的手段 scheme to do something a scheme to pass false cheques 开假支票的诡计 3 SYSTEMa system that you use to organize information, ideas etc 〔用于组织整理信息、思想等的〕系统,体系 → schematic a classification scheme 分类系统 4 in the scheme of things SITUATIONin the way things generally happen, or are organized 按事物的一般规律,在一般格局中 → colour scheme the unimportance of man in the whole scheme of things 世界万物中人类的渺小 Examples from the Corpus in the scheme of things• But the teachers are in charge in the scheme of things proposed here.• People began to question the role of humans in the scheme of things and there was a resurgence of shallow religious soul-searching.• She wasn't important ... not in the scheme of things, whatever that meant.• She had a place in the scheme of things; she had significance, even importance.• Prejudice and bias have no place in the scheme of things.• What I'm doing is unimportant in the big scheme of things, but people find it interesting.• The reassurance that there is a place for all of us in the scheme of things should help a little. n COLLOCATIONS ADJECTIVES/NOUN + scheme a major scheme The government is introducing a major house-building scheme in the area. a new scheme The new scheme aims to reduce street crime by 30%. an innovative scheme (=using new ideas) an innovative scheme to help the unemployed get back to work a grand scheme (=trying to achieve a lot) In the end, the government’s grand scheme came to nothing. a pilot scheme (=one that is tried on a small scale first to see if it is a good idea) The programme was introduced into 100 primary schools in a very successful pilot scheme. a training scheme The company runs an apprentice training scheme. a pension scheme Does your employer offer a pension scheme? a compensation/bonus etc scheme (=in which people receive compensation, a bonus etc) a new compensation scheme for accident victims an incentive scheme (=in which people receive money to persuade them to work harder) verbsThere is a generous incentive scheme for the sales force. introduce/launch a scheme The scheme was launched last autumn by the company’s education officer. run/operate a scheme Parent volunteers help run the scheme. be covered by a scheme (=be able to benefit from a scheme) All employees are covered by the new bonus scheme. Examples from the Corpus scheme• Tony Prior, Prior Harwin's chairman, then proposed a scheme to save both the company and investors' funds.• Therefore, we consider first the operation of the legal aid scheme.• This chapter considers each of these components of a classification scheme in turn.• a classification scheme• He's always coming up with these dumb schemes for making money that just land us in trouble.• In 1981 a £30 million government scheme was launched to encourage industry to switch from oil and gas to coal-fired boilers.• Adult literacy schemes have been run with great success in the inner cities.• Easy payment schemes are often possible and for the unemployed or those in receipt of benefits colleges often waive tuition fees.• Several organizations run schemes to help women find work after their children have started school.• I do volunteer work for a victim support scheme.• In the coming year, changes are being made which will increase the range of the scheme.• Young came up with the scheme to pass phony checks.• The scheme was criticized by Second Division Clubs on the grounds that they had to share the onus equally with the better-off.• The government's Youth Training Scheme soon ran into difficulties. pension scheme• How groups of directors can set up a pension scheme for themselves.• That being so, many people throughout the nation who are in pension schemes are frightened.• Employers can no longer require membership of an occupational pension scheme as a condition of service.• Coverage by occupational pension schemes is not, however, evenly distributed amongst all social classes.• Banks and insurance companies were early providers of formal occupational pension schemes during the second half of the nineteenth century.• In 1991 my personal pension scheme bought shares in Nestle.• Private pension scheme tax concessions grew as part of deliberate policy.• Bevin's plan was only one of a number of retirement pension schemes discussed in the 1930s. scheme to do something• Poor notation can impair the ability of a scheme to accommodate new subjects and can hinder effective retrieval.• They discussed stumbling blocks to progress on a scheme to bring Sainsbury to Caldaire's Grange Road site.• A scheme to share the costs between insurers and taxpayers has been agreed to, but Parliament has yet to approve it.• Tucson has tried scheme after scheme to lure crowds to the city center.• They can range from modifications to an assessment scheme to a wholesale review of the structure and aims of a field.• More than 4,500 Ford employees have taken up the company's new education scheme to encourage them to learn a foreign language.• A federal affidavit links Warren with schemes to purchase 500,000 rounds of ammunition. classification scheme• Bliss believed that the most important aspect of a classification scheme was the order of its main classes.• This chapter considers each of these components of a classification scheme in turn.• A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.• The Library of Congress Classification Scheme is very evidently enumerative, but then all the major classification schemes are.• Facet analysis underlies the structure, but is not emphasized by facet indicators as in a more conventional faceted classification scheme.• All psychiatric problems are brain problems, and the psychiatrists are changing their classification scheme to try and avoid that cartesian dichotomy.• It is doubtful whether ever again the one-man universal classification schemes will make any sense; it is too big a task. Crimescheme2 AWL verb [intransitiveI] SCCPLANto secretly make clever and dishonest plans to get or achieve something 图谋,密谋,秘密策划 SYN plot scheme to do something She schemed to kill him with poison. 她密谋毒死他。 scheme against He became aware that people were scheming against him and called an emergency meeting. 他知道有人在密谋反对他,就召开了一次紧急会议。 She’s nothing but a lying, scheming little monster! 她就是个爱撒谎、爱算计的小巫婆! —schemer noun [countableC] Examples from the Corpus scheme• But this one, this Donald, he measured you, he was cold and narrow, and he schemed.• As the King got older, he became convinced that his family were scheming against him.• He served him well by telling him the truth and by refusing to scheme against him.• That means his brother Joseph is required to be a scheming hypocrite.• I dropped right opposite her and began scheming right off.• Behind the scenes, a small group was scheming to remove the Chairman from office.• Against all the rules of the competition, Nick was scheming to win. scheme to do something• He schemed to be proclaimed Emperor, but as long as Menelik was known to be alive this was impossible.• He was ambitious for the new job, had cleverly planned and schemed to get it.• I schemed and schemed to get that key, but Irina was too clever for me.• She schemed to kill the child herself.• He will want them to oppose Republican schemes to make strike-breaking easier.• The Frasque had been scheming to sponsor civil war in the system, setting world against world. From Longman Business Dictionary schemescheme /skiːm/ noun [countableC] 1British EnglishBrE an official plan or arrangement that is intended to help people in some way a government training scheme for the unemployed 2British EnglishBrEFINANCE an arrangement in which the government or an employer provides financial help to people There is a low-interest loan scheme for employees who have been with the company for over two years. 3a clever plan, especially to do something bad or illegal a $1.9 billion fraud scheme 4a system used to organize information a new classification scheme for the library (1500-1600) Latin schema “arrangement, figure”, from Greek, from echein “to have, hold, be in a condition” |
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