a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something 计划,规划 the UN peace plan. 联合国和平计划。 ■[with modifier]a scheme for the regular payment of contributions towards a pension, savings account, or insurance policy (养老金、储蓄、保险)方案 a personal pension plan. 个人养老金方案。
(一般作 plans)an intention or decision about what one is going to do 意图,打算 I have no plans to retire. 我还没打算退休。
a detailed diagram, drawing, or program, in particular 详细图表,绘图,方案,尤指 ■a fairly large-scale map of a town or district (镇、区的)大比例尺地图,详图 a street plan. 街道图。 ■a drawing or diagram made by projection on a horizontal plane, especially one showing the layout of a building or one floor of a building 平面图。 比较 elevation(义项3) ■a diagram showing how something will be arranged 分布图,示意图 look at the seating plan. 看座位分布图。 ■(in the Methodist Church) a document listing the preachers for all the services in a circuit during a given period (卫理公会教堂)巡回传教士名单
(planned, planning) [with obj.]
decide on and arrange in advance 计划,安排,部署 they were planning a trip to Egypt. 他们计划到埃及去旅行。 [with infinitive]he plans to fly on Wednesday. 他计划星期三去乘飞机。 [no obj.]we plan on getting married in the near future. 我们安排在近期结婚。 ■[noobj.]make preparations for an anticipated event or time 做打算 we have to plan for the future. 我们不得不为日后做打算。
design or make a plan of (something to be made or built) 设计,绘制…的图样 they were planning a garden. 他们在设计一个花园。
常用词组 someone's ( 或 the) best plan
a person's (or the) most sensible course of action 某人的如意算盘
go according to plan
happen as one arranged or intended 按计划进行
make a plan
(S. African)devise a way of overcoming difficulties (南非)设计攻克难关
plan of action (或 campaign 或 attack)
an organized programme of measures to be taken in order to achieve a goal 行动(或活动、袭击)计划
语源
late 17th cent.: from French, from earlier plant 'ground plan, plane surface', influenced in sense by Italian pianta 'plan of building'. Compare with plant