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- scheme [skiːm]
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1.
n
a systematic plan for a course of action
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2.
n
a systematic arrangement of correlated parts; system
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3.
n
a secret plot
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4.
n
a visionary or unrealizable project
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5.
n
a chart, diagram, or outline
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6.
n
an astrological diagram giving the aspects of celestial bodies at a particular time
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7.
n
[chiefly Brit]
a plan formally adopted by a commercial enterprise or governmental body, as for pensions, etc
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8.
n
[chiefly Scot]
an area of housing that is laid out esp by a local authority; estate
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to devise a system for
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10.
vt.
to form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner
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11.
vt.
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin schema, from Greek skh
e ma form
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1.
n
a systematic plan for a course of action
Examples
- a feasible scheme
- 可行的计划 → feasible
- a half-baked scheme
- 考虑欠周的计划 → half-baked
- the lack of logic in his scheme
- 他写的大纲缺乏条理 → logic
- a mad scheme
- 愚蠢的计划 → mad
- a mature scheme
- 考虑成熟的计划 → mature
- to rough out a scheme
- 草拟一项计划 → rough
- a color scheme
- 配色 → scheme
- a scheme that won't sell
- 通不过的计划 → sell
- a wild scheme
- 不切实际的计划 → wild
- a visionary scheme
- 不切实际的计划 → visionary
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