schedule
agenda
calendar
timetable【导航词义:时间表,计划表】
schedule n. 日程表,时间表
〔辨析〕指做某事的计划及具体运作的时间表。
〔例证〕
He has planned a tight travel schedule.
他安排了一个紧凑的旅行日程。
Have you made the examination schedule?
你已经安排了考试日程吗?
The project was completed ahead of schedule.
这项工程提前完工了。
agenda n. 议事日程
〔辨析〕主要指会议上需要商议解决的问题的一览表。
〔例证〕
We must put this item on the agenda.
我们必须将这件事提上议事日程。
The chairman says there is a lengthy agenda this afternoon.
会议主席说今天下午有一长串待议事项。
calendar n. 日程表
〔辨析〕指某人在记事簿上记下的要做各项事情的计划,也指某个团体或某项活动一年内重大事件的日程安排。
〔例证〕
There is a notation about an appointment on his personal calendar for May 5.
他的个人日程表上记着5月5日有个约会。
According to the university calendar your examinations will be in July.
依照大学的日程表,你们的考试将在7月举行。
The presidential election is the highlight of next year's political calendar.
总统选举是明年政治日程表上的大事。
timetable n. 时间表
〔辨析〕比 schedule 更为具体,常指车、船、航班等的时刻表,也指课程表或活动计划的时间表。
〔例证〕
The first airplane timetable was published by Pan-American Airways in 1928.
第一份航空时刻表是在1928年由泛美航空公司刊印的。
I've got a very busy timetable this week.
我这星期的时间安排很紧。
The heavy fog upset their timetable for the trip.
大雾打乱了他们的旅行日程。
plan
plot
prepare
schedule
scheme【导航词义:安排,计划】
plan v. 计划,安排
〔辨析〕普通用词,指事前仔细筹划、安排。
〔例证〕
Where do you plan to spend your holiday?
你打算在哪里度假?
We have been planning our trip to Canada for months.
数月来,我们一直在筹划我们的加拿大之行。
The police are investigating when he began planning his escape and who his accomplices were.
警方正在调查他何时开始计划逃跑以及他的同谋有谁。
He didn't plan to conceal the truth. He was just too scared at that moment.
他不是蓄意隐瞒真相的,只是一时害怕。
plot v. 策划,密谋
〔辨析〕通常指秘密策划违法行为或针对某政要、政府的阴谋活动。
〔例证〕
They had plotted to rob the bank.
他们曾密谋抢劫银行。
Why did the military secretly plot against him?
为什么军方密谋推翻他?
He plotted to overthrow the government.
他图谋推翻政府。
prepare v. 筹备,作准备
〔辨析〕指为将要发生的事情作好计划、安排等。
〔例证〕
The students wanted more time to prepare their exams.
学生们想要更多的时间来准备考试。
They were busy preparing for their honeymoon.
他们正忙着准备去度蜜月。
schedule v. 排定,预定
〔辨析〕指将某事安排在某一时间或日期进行,通常用被动语态。
〔例证〕
The conference is scheduled for next Friday.
会议定于下星期五召开。
His first book is scheduled for publication in October.
他的第一本书定于10月出版。
scheme v. 策划,密谋
〔辨析〕指为牟取私利而投机取巧或搞阴谋。
〔例证〕
The evil queen schemed to kill the little princess with poison.
邪恶的皇后密谋毒死小公主。
He always feels that all his colleagues are scheming against him.
他总是觉得他的同事们都在算计他。