scheme
noun [ C ] uk/skiːm/ us/skiːm/
阴谋，诡计
an organized plan for doing something, especially something dishonest or illegal that will bring a good result for you
He has a hare-brained/crazy scheme for getting rich before he's 20. 他有一个轻率的／疯狂的计划，让自己在20岁前致富。
B2 mainly UK方案，计划
an officially organized plan or system
Under the current marking/mark scheme, you need 90 percent to get an A. 在现在的评卷系统下，你必须有90分才能得A。
a training/housing/play scheme 培训／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料瓶的新计划。
Class sizes will increase under the new scheme. 按照新的设计，班级规模将扩大。
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- The scheme is simple and cheap to operate.
- She's come up with some amazing scheme to double her income.
- The scheme was launched a year ago.
- a management training scheme
- The scheme is devised for young people in the 15 - 20 age band.
Idiom
the scheme of thingsidiom 格局；安排
the way things are organized or happen in a particular situation, or the way someone wants them to be organized
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，很是失望，但从全盘考虑，这并不那么重要。
scheme
verb [ I or T ] disapproving uk/skiːm/ us/skiːm/
密谋，策划
to make clever, secret plans that often deceive others
All her assistants were scheming against her. 她所有的助手都在密谋反对她。
[ + 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。