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S0133100 (skēm)n.1. A systematic plan of action: "Did you ever carry out your scheme of writing a series of sonnets embodying all the great epochs of art?" (Edith Wharton). See Synonyms at plan.2. A secret or devious plan; a plot: a scheme to defraud investors.3. An orderly plan or arrangement of related parts: an irrigation scheme with dams, reservoirs, and channels.4. A chart, diagram, or outline of a system or object.v. schemed, schem·ing, schemes v.tr. To contrive a plan or scheme for; plot: scheming their revenge.v.intr. To make plans, especially secret or devious ones.

[Latin schēma, figure, from Greek skhēma; see segh- in Indo-European roots.]

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(skiːm) n1. a systematic plan for a course of action2. a systematic arrangement of correlated parts; system3. a secret plot4. a visionary or unrealizable project5. a chart, diagram, or outline6. (Astrology) an astrological diagram giving the aspects of celestial bodies at a particular time7. (Banking & Finance) chiefly Brit a plan formally adopted by a commercial enterprise or governmental body, as for pensions, etc8. chiefly Scot an area of housing that is laid out esp by a local authority; estatevb9. (tr) to devise a system for10. to form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner[C16: from Latin schema, from Greek skhēma form] ˈschemer n

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n., v. schemed, schem•ing. n. 1. a plan, design, or program of action; project. 2. an underhand plot; intrigue. 3. any system or pattern of correlated things, parts, etc., or the manner of their arrangement: a color scheme. 4. an analytical or tabular statement. 5. a diagram, map, or the like. v.t. 6. to devise as a scheme; plan; plot; contrive. v.i. 7. to lay schemes; devise plans; plot. [1545–55; < Medieval Latin schēma (s. schēmat-) < Greek schêma form, figure] scheme′less, adj. schem′er, n.

scheme

- From Greek skhema, "figure, form," it first referred to a figure of speech, especially a figure of rhetoric, denoting a way of deviating from the ordinary use and order of words to create special effect.See also related terms for rhetoric.

Scheme(s)

a body of related doctrines; a methodical list; a programme of action.Examples: scheme of questions, 1780; of times, 1677; schemes of blood, 1646; of saddest evils, 1701.

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Past participle: schemed
Gerund: scheming

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I scheme
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he/she/it schemes
we scheme
you scheme
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Preterite
I schemed
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he/she/it schemed
we schemed
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Present Continuous
I am scheming
you are scheming
he/she/it is scheming
we are scheming
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Present Perfect
I have schemed
you have schemed
he/she/it has schemed
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Past Continuous
I was scheming
you were scheming
he/she/it was scheming
we were scheming
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Past Perfect
I had schemed
you had schemed
he/she/it had schemed
we had schemed
you had schemed
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Future
I will scheme
you will scheme
he/she/it will scheme
we will scheme
you will scheme
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Future Perfect
I will have schemed
you will have schemed
he/she/it will have schemed
we will have schemed
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Future Continuous
I will be scheming
you will be scheming
he/she/it will be scheming
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scheming
you have been scheming
he/she/it has been scheming
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scheming
you will have been scheming
he/she/it will have been scheming
we will have been scheming
you will have been scheming
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scheming
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he/she/it had been scheming
we had been scheming
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Conditional
I would scheme
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we would scheme
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Past Conditional
I would have schemed
you would have schemed
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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scheme - an elaborate and systematic plan of actionstrategyplan of action - a plan for actively doing somethingdodge, stratagem, contrivance - an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"counterterrorism - a strategy intended to prevent or counter terrorismgame plan - (sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sportgame plan - (figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs; "newscasters speculated about the President's game plan for an invasion"house of cards, bubble - a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"playbook - a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign; "they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition"plot, secret plan, game - a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"pyramid scheme - a fraudulent scheme in which people are recruited to make payments to the person who recruited them while expecting to receive payments from the persons they recruit; when the number of new recruits fails to sustain the hierarchical payment structure the scheme collapses with most of the participants losing the money they put inwaiting game - a strategy of delaywheeze - (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat"incentive program, incentive scheme - a formal scheme for inducing someone (as employees) to do something
	2.	scheme - a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickerydodging, dodgefalsehood, untruth, falsity - a false statement
	3.	scheme - a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"systemgroup, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unitlanguage system - a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular languagejudicatory, judicial system, judiciary, judicature - the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of governmenteconomic system, economy - the system of production and distribution and consumptionecosystem - a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environmenthierarchy - a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure - the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships; "the social organization of England and America is very different"; "sociologists have studied the changing structure of the family"dragnet - a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); "caught in the police dragnet"machinery - a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"network, web - an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life"; "tangled in a web of cloth"nonlinear system - a system whose performance cannot be described by equations of the first degreesubsystem - a system that is part of some larger systemorganism - a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body; "the social organism"syntax - a systematic orderly arrangementbody - a collection of particulars considered as a system; "a body of law"; "a body of doctrine"; "a body of precedents"shebang - an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang'solar system - the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational fieldwater system - a river and all of its tributariesroot system, rootage - a developed system of roots
	4.	scheme - an internal representation of the world; an organization of concepts and actions that can be revised by new information about the worldschemainternal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
	5.	scheme - a schematic or preliminary planschema, outlineplan, program, programme - a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished; "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
Verb	1.	scheme - form intrigues (for) in an underhand mannerconnive, intrigueplot - plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the overthrow of the government"
	2.	scheme - devise a system or form a scheme forplan - make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family"

scheme

noun1. plan, programme, strategy, system, design, project, theory, proposal, device, tactics, course of action, contrivance a private pension scheme2. plot, dodge, ploy, ruse, game (informal), shift, intrigue, conspiracy, manoeuvre, machinations, subterfuge, stratagem a quick money-making schemeverb1. plot, plan, intrigue, manoeuvre, conspire, contrive, collude, wheel and deal, machinate Everyone's always scheming and plotting.Quotations
"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men"
"Gang aft a-gley" [Robert Burns To a Mouse]

scheme

noun1. A method for making, doing, or accomplishing something:blueprint, design, game plan, idea, layout, plan, project, schema, strategy.2. A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end:cabal, collusion, connivance, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, plot.verb1. To work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end:collude, connive, conspire, intrigue, machinate, plot.2. To form a strategy for:blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, lay, plan, project, strategize, work out.Informal: dope out.Idiom: lay plans.

Translations

计划阴谋方案策划

scheme

(skiːm) noun1. a plan or arrangement; a way of doing something. a colour scheme for the room; There are various schemes for improving the roads. 计划，方案 2. a (usually secret) dishonest plan. His schemes to steal the money were discovered.阴谋 verb to make (especially dishonest) schemes. He was punished for scheming against the President; They have all been scheming for my dismissal.策划ˈschemer nounHe's a dangerous schemer.阴谋家ˈscheming adjective having or making (usually secret) dishonest plans. a scheming woman.阴险的

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the best-laid schemes

Said when something ends poorly or differently than expected, despite preparations for success. It is an abbreviated version of the line, "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley" (go astray), from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse," which itself is a play on the proverb "the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray." I always thought our marriage was stable and that we'd be together forever. I guess it's true what they say, though, the best-laid schemes and all that. A: "I've been working on this project for six months, and now, right before it's due, they tell me they want something completely different." B: "That's rough. The best-laid schemes, I suppose."See also: scheme

the best-laid schemes go astray

Said when things that are well prepared for or seem certain end poorly or differently from how one intends. It is an abbreviated version of the line, "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley" (go astray), from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse," which itself is a play on the proverb "the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray." I always thought our marriage was stable and that we'd be together forever. I guess it's true what they say, though, even the best-laid schemes go astray. A: "I've been working on this project for six months, and now, right before it's due, they tell me they want something completely different." B: "That's rough. Even the best-laid schemes go astray, I suppose."See also: astray, go, scheme

the best-laid schemes of mice and men

Said when something ends poorly or differently than expected, despite preparations for success. It is an abbreviated version of the line, "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley" (go astray), from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse," which itself is a play on the proverb "the best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray." I always thought our marriage was stable and that we'd be together forever. I guess it's true what they say, though, the best-laid schemes of mice and men and all that. A: "I've been working on this project for six months, and now, right before it's due, they tell me they want something completely different." B: "That's rough. The best-laid schemes of mice and men, I suppose."See also: and, men, mice, of, scheme

grand scheme

The long term; the complete picture of something. Typically used in the phrase "in the grand scheme of things." I know you're worried about getting a bad grade on this test, but you're such a great student that I doubt it will matter in the grand scheme of things.See also: grand, scheme

in the (grand) scheme of things

In the long term; in the complete picture of something. I know you're worried about getting a bad grade on this test, but you're such a great student that I doubt it will matter in the grand scheme of things.See also: of, scheme, thing

in the great scheme of things

scheme against (someone or something)

To form or contrive a secret or devious plan or conspiracy in order to oppose, overthrow, or undermine someone or something; to plot against someone or something. A group of lower-level executives have been scheming against the CEO in a bid to wrest control of the company away from him. It turns out that they had been scheming against the alliance since the day it was formed.See also: scheme

scheme for (something)

To form or contrive a secret or devious plan or conspiracy in order to obtain, achieve, or accomplish something. We spent the afternoon scheming for a way to get into the elite Hollywood party so we could meet some celebrities. I heard that he's been scheming for a new computer that he could charge to the company accounts.See also: scheme

best-laid plans of mice and men oft(en) go astray,

and best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley.Prov. Things often go wrong even though you have carefully planned what you are going to do. (The gang aft a-gley version is Scots dialect, and comes from Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse.") Jill: I reserved a hotel room for us three weeks ago, but now the clerk says he has no record of our reservation. So much for our fun weekend in the city. Jane: Well, these things happen. The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray. I had all the arrangements made for my party, and then the guest of honor got sick and I had to call the whole thing off. The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft a-gley. If a little rain can ruin the best-laid plans of mice and men, think what an earthquake might do!See also: and, astray, go, men, mice, of, oft, plan

scheme against someone or something

to plot or conspire against someone or something. A group of generals was plotting against the government. They schemed against the king until he caught them and put an end to it.See also: scheme

scheme for something

to plot and plan for something, perhaps using deception. She is scheming for a raise. Ted is always scheming for a way to miss work.See also: scheme

best-laid plans go astray, the

Also, the best-laid schemes go astray. Even very careful designs or projects do not always succeed. For example, Mary spent all afternoon preparing this elaborate dish but forgot the most important ingredient-oh well, the best-laid plans go astray . This particular turn of phrase comes from Robert Burns's poem "To a Mouse" (1786): "The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley [go often astray]." It is so well known that it is often abbreviated to the best-laid plans. See also: go, plan

in the scheme of things

COMMON People use in the scheme of things to describe how important one thing is when compared to everything else in a situation or how one thing relates to the other things in a situation. These aches and pains are annoying, but not very serious in the scheme of things. To enter into the adult world, we must have an understanding of our place in the scheme of things. Note: People often put words such as greater, grand or whole before scheme with the same meaning. In the grand scheme of things, Hertz was a small player.See also: of, scheme, thing

the scheme of things

the organization of things in general; the way the world is.See also: of, scheme, thing

the/somebody’s ˈscheme of things

the way the world and other things are or seem to be organized: Low-paid workers like us don’t have a very important place in the scheme of things. ♢ Don’t worry too much about your exam results; they’re not really important in the great scheme of things.See also: of, scheme, thing

best-laid schemes/plans, the

The most careful plans sometimes do not succeed. It was probably already a cliché by the time Robert Burns used the phrase in “To a Mouse” (1786): “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley [go often astray].”See also: scheme

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noun plan

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noun plot

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noun a method for making, doing, or accomplishing something

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noun a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end

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verb to work out a secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end

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verb to form a strategy for

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noun an elaborate and systematic plan of action

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noun a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

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noun a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

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noun an internal representation of the world

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noun a schematic or preliminary plan

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verb form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner

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verb devise a system or form a scheme for

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