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单词 blueprint
释义
blueprintblue‧print /ˈbluːˌprɪnt/ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a blueprint for healthcare reform
  • Conservation groups have suggested a blueprint for a "Green World".
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Both principles must, of course, coexist, and there is no blueprint for dealing with the conflicts when they arise.
  • He calls them a blueprint for disaster in their current form and wants them amended.
  • I could have issued a blueprint and handbook had anyone asked.
  • Nor is management information yet available for every aspect of the variety of aim and blueprint which a school sets for itself.
  • The other tape contains disco and the essential blueprints of a key technology.
  • The task took some considerable time as each bone was labelled according to a blueprint held by the archaeologist.
  • What geophysicists need is a blueprint for how the earth machine works.
  • Yet a centralized command blueprint has been the main approach to making robots, artificial creatures, and artificial intelligences.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora plan to do something
something that you have decided to do, and the methods you will use to do it: · Her plan is to finish her degree and then go and teach in Japan.plan to do something: · The school has plans to build a computer centre.plan for: · NASA has announced plans for a new space mission to Mars.business/career etc plan: · You can't get a loan to start a new company if you don't have a good business plan.make plans: · By January, many people are already making plans for their summer holidays.go according to plan (=when things happen exactly as you intended): · Everything went according to plan, and we all crossed the river safely.a plan falls through (=when you cannot do what you intended to do, because something unexpected happens): · There was an airline strike in India, and all our plans fell through at the last minute.plan A/plan B (=use this when you are saying that you have two possible plans, in case the first one is not successful): · Plan A obviously wasn't going to work, so we had to resort to plan B.
informal a detailed plan explaining exactly how to achieve something: · Here's my game plan, Roger. I want to make the magazine a monthly, and cut it down to sixty or seventy pages.decide/devise/put forward etc a plan of action: · If the problem continues, discuss a plan of action with your colleagues.
a carefully designed plan for achieving something that is difficult and may take a long time: strategy for doing something: · We need a new strategy for increasing our sales in Europe.· Murdoch bought several TV stations, as part of his strategy for building a media empire.strategy of: · The rebels' strategy of guerrilla warfare has been remarkably successful.a/an campaign/economic/military etc strategy: · the President's long-term economic strategy
British /program American a series of activities, organized by a government or other large organization, that is designed to achieve something important and will continue for a long time: programme of: · The irrigation project is part of a programme of aid to West Africa.training/research/space etc programme: · It's a major research program, aimed at developing cheaper fuels.launch a programme: · The government has launched a programme to help unemployed young people find work.
a plan or set of principles agreed by the members of a government, a political group, a company etc, that says how they intend to deal with a particular subject or problem: · It is not our policy to reveal our clients' names.environmental/monetary/economic etc policy: · Most large companies these days operate an equal opportunities policy.· US foreign policy (=towards other countries)policy on: · the government's policy on Europepolicy towards: · The Cuban revolution resulted in a reassessment of Washington's policy towards the Third World generally.policy of: · A new ruler might adopt a policy of drastically cutting back oil production in order to boost prices.
British an official plan that is intended to help particular groups of people, for example people who are very poor, without jobs, or who need a better education: scheme to do something: · Several organizations run schemes to help women find work after their children have started school. a training/literacy/resettlement etc scheme: · The government's Youth Training Scheme soon ran into difficulties.· Adult literacy schemes have been run with great success in the inner cities.
a plan that shows exactly what things you will spend a particular amount of money on: household/food/advertising etc budget: · Mum always worked out the household budget according to what we could afford.· The company has had to cut £46,000 from its advertising budget.over/under budget (=having spent more or less than the amount planned): · Several of our recent projects have been wildly over budget.· The renovation work to St George's Hall was completed six months ahead of schedule and under budget.budget deficit (=a situation in which more money has been spent than is available): · Texas faces a budget deficit of over $4 billion.balance the/your budget (=make sure that only the money available is spent): · The council has said that jobs will have to be cut in order to balance the budget.
a completely new plan for important changes or ways of dealing with a problem: blueprint for: · Conservation groups have suggested a blueprint for a "Green World".· A panel of advisors is urging The White House to adopt a blueprint for dealing with such emergencies.
WORD SETS
adobe, nounasphalt, nounbatten, nounbeam, nounblueprint, nounboard, nounboom, nounbreeze-block, nounbrick, nounbricklayer, nounbrickwork, nounbucket, nounbuilder, nounbuilding contractor, nounbuilding site, nounbulldoze, verbbulldozer, nounbuttress, nouncaisson, nouncantilever, nouncastellated, adjectivecavity wall, nouncement, nouncement, verbconcrete, adjectiveconcrete, nounconcrete, verbconduit, nounconstruct, verbcrane, nouncrosspiece, noundaub, noundigger, noundowel, noundrain, noundrainage, noundraughtsman, noundry-stone wall, noundry wall, nounduckboards, noundustsheet, nounembankment, nounerect, verberection, nounfence, verbfencing, nounfiberboard, nounfibreboard, nounfloor plan, nounfoundation, noungantry, noungatepost, noungirder, noungreenfield site, nounhalf-timbered, adjectivehard hat, nounhod, nounhousing association, nounhousing project, nounjackhammer, nounjib, nounjoist, nounkeystone, nounlath, nounleading, nounmansard, nounmortar, nounpanelling, nounpanel pin, nounpave, verbpavement, nounpebbledash, nounpier, nounpile driver, nounplank, nounplanking, nounplaster, nounplaster, verbplasterboard, nounplasterer, nounplate glass, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounprime, verbprimer, nounproperty developer, nounputty, nounquantity surveyor, nounrebuild, verbreconstruct, verbreconstruction, nounrefurbish, verbreinforced concrete, nounrendering, nounrenovate, verbrevetment, nounroof, nounroof, verbroofing, nounrooftop, nounrubble, nounsand, verbsandstone, nounsaw, verbscaffold, nounscaffolding, nounshovel, nounsite, nounskip, nounslab, nounslate, nounspan, verbstarter home, nounsteam shovel, nounstilt, nounstucco, nounsurface, verbsuspension bridge, nounthatch, nounthatched, adjectivetile, nountile, verbtiling, nountimber, nountopcoat, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 By changing the tomato’s genetic blueprint, scientists can alter the rate at which it ripens.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· By manipulation of the tomato's genetic blueprint, scientists can alter the rate at which it ripens.· J., and is the fourth microbial genetic blueprint Human Genome has determined.
VERB
· The benefits established does the book provide the blueprint solution?· Its reports provided a series of blueprints for post-war society.· One of those bands is the Cloudwatchers, whose latest cassette single provides two good blueprints for the perfect pop song.
1a plan for achieving somethingblueprint for a blueprint for health-care reform2a photographic print of a plan for a building, machine etc on special blue paperblueprint for a blueprint for the new shopping mall3technical a pattern that all living cells contain, which decides how a person, animal, or plant develops and what it looks like:  By changing the tomato’s genetic blueprint, scientists can alter the rate at which it ripens.
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