scheme2 AWL verb [intransitiveI] SCCPLANto secretly make clever and dishonest plans to get or achieve something 图谋,密谋,秘密策划 SYN plotscheme to do something She schemed to kill him with poison. 她密谋毒死他。
scheme against He became aware that people were scheming against him and called an emergency meeting. 他知道有人在密谋反对他,就召开了一次紧急会议。
She’s nothing but a lying, scheming little monster! 她就是个爱撒谎、爱算计的小巫婆!
—schemer noun [countableC]