scheme

1. N-COUNT A scheme is someone's plan for achieving something, especially something that will bring them some benefit. 计划

...a quick money-making scheme to get us through the summer. …一个能让我们迅速赚到钱以顺利度过这个夏季的计划。

They would first have to work out some scheme for getting the treasure out. 他们首先得想出某种计划把珍宝取出来。

2. V-T/V-I If you say that people are scheming, you mean that they are making secret plans in order to gain something for themselves. 密谋[oft cont] [表不满]

Everyone's always scheming and plotting. 每个人时刻都在算计和谋划。

The bride's family were scheming to prevent a wedding. 新娘的家人在密谋阻止婚礼。

3. N-COUNT A scheme is a plan or arrangement involving many people which is made by a government or other organization. (政府或其他机构的) 大规模计划[英国英语]

...a private pension scheme. …一个私人养老金计划。

4. PHRASE 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. 天地万物的格局

We realize that we are infinitely small within the scheme of things. 我们认识到在大千世界中我们是极其渺小的。