| 单词 | scheming |
| 释义 | scheming (once / 3101 pages) adj Scheming is an adjective that describes someone who is always doing sneaky things to make things happen, like your scheming friend who invites you to a family party because she secretly wants you to meet her adorable cousin. A scheme is a plan of action that is usually secret or kept hidden. So something described as scheming has the quality of secretive planning. For example, you might offer to keep your mom company on a long drive to drop off a relative at the airport because on the way home, you plan to ask her to stop at the big shopping mall that's right off the highway. That's the essence of being scheming — you conceal your true intentions because you believe it will help you get what you want. WORD FAMILYscheming: schemingly+/schematic: schematically, schematics/schematise: schematisation, schematised, schematises, schematising/schematize: schematization, schematized, schematizes, schematizing/scheme: schematic, schematise, schematize, schemed, schemer, schemes, scheming/schemer: schemers USAGE EXAMPLESHe acknowledges Rasputin’s personal ambition, but does not dwell on his evident avarice or scheming. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The choicest irony is that he uses his own celebrated art of fugue as a symbol of malicious scheming. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) With a sharp wit and a jovial spirit, he was “always scheming for the next joke,” his mother said. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1adj concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest a scheming wife a scheming gold digger Syn designing artful marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft 2adj used of persons Syn calculating, calculative, conniving, shrewd hard dispassionate |
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