| 单词 | to lay a scheme |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay a scheme b. Hence, A plan of action devised in order to attain some end; a purpose together with a system of measures contrived for its accomplishment; a project, enterprise. Often with unfavourable notion, a self-seeking or an underhand project, a plot (cf. scheme v., scheming adj.), or a visionary or foolish project. Phrase, to lay a scheme.This is now the most prominent use, and in some degree colours the other senses so far as they survive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > a plan > a proposed plan or a project propositiona1382 present?a1400 motiona1425 pleaa1500 action1533 propose1568 project1582 proposala1629 projection1633 party1653 projecture1658 scheme1719 ad referendum1753 swim1860 action plan1889 the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot devicec1290 wanlace1303 conjecturea1464 machinationa1475 practice1533 draught1535 plot?c1550 plat1584 design1590 contrivement1608 intrigo1648 complotment1660 underplot1668 contrivance1689 intrigue1692 scheme1719 infanglement1753 fix-up1832 the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot [verb (intransitive)] subtlec1300 conspire1393 compass1430 malign?a1439 contrivec1440 machine?c1450 forthink1494 pretenda1500 practise1537 pack1568 brigue1580 machinate1602 manage1603 plot1607 tamper1607 faction1609 collogue1646 intriguea1714 to lay a scheme1826 scheme1842 angle1892 wheel and deal1961 1719 Free-thinker No. 90. 2 This was the Scheme, which the Heads of the Parliament Party pursued. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 11 The Scheme hit so exactly with my Temper. 1746 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1851) V. 51 It is no new thing for Arbitrary Princes to contrive and promote Schemes for the subversion of a Government. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 73. ⁋4 Plans of elegance and schemes of pleasure. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. iii, in Wks. I. 243 But this deep-laid scheme was in a moment disconcerted. 1775 A. Burnaby Trav. Middle Settlements N.-Amer. 23 Some few, indeed, have been rather more enterprising, and have endeavoured to improve their estates by raising indigo, and other schemes. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. ii. ii. 384 The idea of the possibility of multiplying paper money to almost any extent, was the real foundation of what is called the Mississippi scheme . View more context for this quotation 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. viii. 163 Her opposition to Edmund now arose more from partiality for her own scheme because it was her own, than from any thing else. View more context for this quotation 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. viii. 215 Men come and go, lay schemes, and alter them, in my house, without deigning to consult me! 1832 H. Martineau Ireland iii. 36 Dan proposed a grand scheme to his father-in-law. 1857 Act 20 & 21 Victoria c. 84 Preamble The Charity Commissioners..have provisionally approved and certified (among other Schemes for the Application and Management of Charities) a Scheme for the College of God's Gift in Dulwich. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. iii. 32 He never thought of any scheme for removing his enemy. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 353 The end of this vast scheme of spoliation. 1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 306 The great irrigation schemes of the North-West Provinces. 1895 Bookman Oct. 22/2 At the Congress of Ryswick..Louis placed his own dynastic schemes above the interests of the nation. < as lemmas |
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