n.时间表，日程；一览表；计划
v.预定；安排；编制目录
I'll work out the schedule. 我来拟定时间表。
Owing to various delays en route, we arrived two days behind schedule. 由于路上的种种耽搁, 我们比原计划迟到了两天。
用作动词 (v.)He was scheduled to attend the party. 他预定出席那个宴会。
The morning is the best time of the day to schedule a briefing. 简报最好安排在早上。
The professor was invited to schedule a new book. 那名教授受邀为一本新书编目录。
schedule作动词时，指“（预先）规定”，在美国使用比较普遍。 The door is scheduled to be closed at eleven o'clock.规定好，11点关门。
train schedule在美国指“火车时刻表”，在英国同timetable意思一样；
美国人常用的schedule搭配有according to schedule，on schedule，to schedule，up to schedule和behind schedule。according to schedule指“按计划地”。to schedule指“按照预定时间”。up to schedule指“达到预定计划的”。behind schedule指“落后于预定计划的”。 The meeting was held according to schedule.会议按照计划进行。 The trains did not run to schedule in that storm. Our progress is up to schedule. The train arrived behind schedule.火车比预定时间晚到了。
v.(动词)schedule用作名词的意思是“进度表”“计划表”转化为动词则表示“将某事列入进度表”“为某事安排时间”。
schedule是及物动词,接名词、代词或动词不定式作宾语,可用于被动结构。
