| 单词 | scheme |
| 释义 | scheme (skiːm ) Word forms: schemes , scheming , schemed 1. countable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive, noun NOUN] B2 A scheme is a plan or arrangement involving many people which is made by a government or other organization. [mainly British] ...schemes to help combat unemployment. ...a private pension scheme. The company was pouring around $30 million into the scheme. Synonyms: plan, programme, strategy, system 2. countable noun [oft NOUN to-infinitive] B2 A scheme is someone's plan for achieving something. ...a quick money-making scheme to get us through the summer. They would first have to work out some scheme for getting the treasure out. Tourists can be vulnerable to scams and con schemes of all kinds. 3. verb [oft cont] If you say that people are scheming, you mean that they are making secret plans in order to gain something for themselves. [disapproval] Everyone's always scheming and plotting. [VERB] The bride's family were scheming to prevent a wedding. [VERB to-infinitive] They claimed that their opponents were scheming against them. [VERB + against] You're a scheming little devil, aren't you? [VERB-ing] Synonyms: plot, plan, intrigue, manoeuvre scheming uncountable noun ...their favourite pastimes of scheming and gossiping. Synonyms: calculating, cunning, sly, designing 4. See also colour scheme, pension scheme 5. scheme of things phrase [poss PHR] Someone's scheme of things is the way in which they think that things in their life should be organized. He did not quite know how to place women in his scheme of things. 6. the scheme of things the grand scheme of things 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. We realize that we are infinitely small within the scheme of things. Quotations: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men Gang aft a-gleyTo a Mouse Collocations: affordable scheme If the delay is granted, then borrower and lender can work out a more affordable repayment scheme. Times, Sunday Times (2008) There is an affordable local play scheme but it isn't open all year round. The Sun (2006) There were few affordable housing schemes available at the time. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Visitors will remember vast gardens and blooming flowers, but they too are gone, with work well under way on an ambitious scheme to transform the park. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Yet perhaps America's most ambitious construction scheme will define him. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It is not the only ambitious scheme for combating drought. Times, Sunday Times (2011) From December 14, the controversial Hip scheme, which already applies to properties with three bedrooms or more, will be introduced for one and two-bedroom homes. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The controversial Government scheme to underwrite a new wave of mortgages that only need a five per cent deposit was launched only a month ago. The Sun (2013) Thousands of investors in alleged tax avoidance schemes will today begin receiving large tax bills under a controversial government scheme. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Back downstairs, the design scheme reveals a useful practical aspect: the guest bedrooms are in a separate wing, which can be closed off when no guests are staying. Times, Sunday Times Sharp dialogue and crisp, audacious acting create a superbly maintained design scheme that grips like an award-winning battlefield documentary played out in a totally realistic world. ST Making the most of the setting are floor-to-ceiling windows that run the length of the restaurant, and a fresh, funky design scheme that features lots of wood. Times, Sunday Times Without a good design scheme, she avoided having people over for two years. Globe and Mail Build a design scheme around the things you love rather than building something for other people. Times, Sunday Times He introduced a computerised ordering and distribution scheme in 1964 that allowed the chain to offer goods at lower prices, boosting profit margins. Times, Sunday Times The organisation arranges garden tours and has an online bookshop and seed distribution scheme. Times, Sunday Times However, the distribution scheme may follow an informal negotiated agreement or abide by scheme adopted in the partnership agreement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He said the appetite of the private sector to finance the scheme proved no state aid was needed. Times, Sunday Times The government will finance a scheme to dispatch social workers to help teachers in the coming school year. Times, Sunday Times Various attempts to finance the scheme were not successful, with the water rights lapsing and the company fading into obscurity by the 1950s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One of the most notable difficulties for the club was in demonstrating how it planned to finance the scheme. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The library's opening and success encouraged commercial development round it, which in turn helped to pay for it through the 25-year private finance scheme set up in 2000. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The London Transport Museum is running an innovative scheme for young jobseekers next year. The Sun (2012) As her blood group was incompatible with her husband's, she signed up for an innovative donor scheme. The Sun (2015) Innovative bursary schemes are being adopted to widen participation. Times, Sunday Times (2016) From October, utility companies will have to apply for a permit to dig up the road, under a new government scheme. Times, Sunday Times (2012) One of the company's other new schemes is a mixed solar and wind power project. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Shareholders will be asked to approve the new scheme at this year's annual meeting. Times, Sunday Times (2013) I would be very concerned if any public money was diverted from the education budget to fund a governor payment scheme. Times, Sunday Times I have been contacting the payment scheme roughly every week for the past four months to no avail. Times, Sunday Times Details of the winter fuel payment scheme were inadvertently revealed by a top civil servant who was overheard discussing the secret strategy on a train. Times, Sunday Times A national payment scheme would allow them to boost their income if they offered advice. The Sun And they've perpetrated an act of sabotage to emasculate the deferred payment scheme. Times, Sunday Times The government should help to promote the scheme instead of relying on charities, which don't have the funds for marketing. Times, Sunday Times Some authorities apparently failed to promote the scheme. Times, Sunday Times As in so many foreign takeovers arranged by global investment banks, the bid-for company agreed to promote a scheme of arrangement to effect the takeover. Times, Sunday Times The target board can promote a scheme of arrangement to transfer the business, which avoids stamp duty. Times, Sunday Times He needed a film to promote a scheme to help wealthy investors avoid 2 million in tax. Times, Sunday Times Hundreds of wealthy investors in similar schemes are now likely to be pursued by the HMRC. Times, Sunday Times (2014) There are many other similar schemes currently being pursued. Fire and Ice - the Greenhouse Effect, Ozone Depletion, and Nuclear Winter (1990) Similar schemes have been tried before. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The statutory scheme, introduced in 2003, allows employees to make a request to adjust their working hours, or location of work. Times, Sunday Times The statutory scheme provided for extensive safeguards to protect the position of persons and assets affected by any order sought. Times, Sunday Times The statutory scheme of employment protection was intended to be entirely self-contained and to fall under the exclusive jurisdiction of the employment tribunal. Times, Sunday Times The beneficial ownership of the assets of the company was suspended pending the implementation of the statutory scheme. Times, Sunday Times It would be different if there were a statutory scheme ... where parliament had said a private hire operator must employ drivers as workers. Times,Sunday Times It added that a criminal record was not an automatic bar to entering a tax scheme. Times, Sunday Times The tax scheme could be modified to subsidise low earners to a greater or lesser extent. Times, Sunday Times He also watered down rules that envisaged that any company that benefited from a tax scheme in the past ten years could be banned from government work. Times, Sunday Times I was pleased that, as there was a query over an albeit legal tax scheme he was in, he may be out of the running. The Sun The whole thing was a farce that raises serious questions for the authorities who saw the complicated tax scheme as acceptable. Times, Sunday Times They can take advantage of a holiday trading scheme, job sharing and a pension. Times, Sunday Times She was the sixteenth person to admit to involvement in an insider trading scheme that allegedly netted more than $50 million in illegal profits. Times, Sunday Times A way will have to be found to include them in a global cap and trading scheme to provide incentives for fuel efficiency. Times, Sunday Times The trading scheme means that companies that burn carbon dioxide-producing fuels, such as coal and gas, are going to be penalised financially. Times, Sunday Times A well-implemented carbon trading scheme, with a market-driven price for carbon, enables cuts to be routed to the easiest and cheapest carbon to remove from the system. Times, Sunday Times So despite all that taxpayer support, with various schemes running into hundreds of billions of pounds, the banks are still convalescing. Times, Sunday Times This week we look at various schemes on offer especially for the over-40s. The Sun There are also various schemes that offer grants. The Sun The list for 2012 included attempts by donors to maintain control over donated assets and various schemes involving the donation of noncash assets. Christianity Today The various schemes last from 13 months for the customer services practitioner programme up, to four years for engineering. The Sun It is not a voluntary scheme because of the threat of exemplary damages for failure to use a recognised arbitration service. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The voluntary scheme will provide a central database. Times, Sunday Times (2006) A voluntary scheme would be infinitely preferable. Times, Sunday Times (2008) They will also examine a voucher scheme for parenting classes. Times, Sunday Times (2016) She has suggested that the government pump about 20m into a voucher scheme that would bring down the costs of exporting. Times, Sunday Times (2016) If your company does not offer a voucher scheme, speak to your human-resources department. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Translations: Chinese: 计划, 计划, 计划 Japanese: 計画, 計画, 策略を立てる |
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