a plan for carrying out a process or procedure, giving lists of intended events and times 进度表 we have drawn up an engineering schedule. 我们已经拟定了工程进度表。 ■(一般作 one's schedule)one's day-to-day plans or timetable 日程安排(表) take a moment out of your busy schedule. 从你繁忙的日程安排中抽出片刻时间。 ■a timetable 时刻表 information on airline schedules. 航班时刻表信息。
(chiefly Law)an appendix to a formal document or statute, especially as a list, table, or inventory (主律)附件(尤指表格、单据等)
(with reference to the British income tax system) any of the forms (named ‘A’, ‘B’, etc.) issued for completion and relating to the various classes into which taxable income is divided (英国所得税制的)报税单
verb [withobj.](常作 be scheduled)
arrange or plan (an event) to take place at a particular time 将…列入计划表(或时间表等) the release of the single is scheduled for April. 计划4月出单曲唱片。 ■make arrangements for (someone or something) to do something 安排;排定 [with obj. and infinitive]he is scheduled to be released from prison this spring. 他将被安排今年春天出狱。
(Brit.)include (a building) in a list for legal preservation or protection (英)把(建筑物)列为文物保护单位
常用词组 to (或 on 或 according to) schedule
on time; as planned or expected 按预定计划
ahead of (或 behind) schedule
earlier (or later) than planned or expected 早于(或落后于)预定计划
派生 schedular adjective 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'scroll, explanatory note, appendix'): from Old French cedule, from late Latin schedula 'slip of paper', diminutive of scheda, from Greek skhedē 'papyrus leaf'. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent