scenario
noun[C]
uk/sɪˈnɑː.ri.əʊ/us/səˈner.i.oʊ/pluralscenariosscenarionoun[C](POSSIBLE EVENT)
C2
adescriptionofpossibleactionsoreventsin thefuture:
可能发生的事态;设想There are severalpossiblescenarios.有几种可能出现的局面。
ahorrific/nightmarescenario such as a ThirdWorldWar可怕的/梦魇般的设想,如第三次世界大战
See also
worst-case scenario
- The mostlikelyscenario is thathousepricesriseagain,forcinginterestratesup.
- Theworstscenario is that welosetwo or three thousandpounds.
- There are severalpossiblescenarios.
- Imagine the scenario -Davidturnsup and we're all there,waitingfor him.
- Adoomsdayscenario is not out of thequestion.
Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- inkling
- instinct
- intuit
- intuition
- intuitive
- presage
- prescience
- prescient
- prophecy
- prophesy
- psychic
- second-guess
- the writing is on the wallidiom
- visionary
scenarionoun[C](PLAN)
a writtenplanof thecharactersandeventsin aplayorfilm
剧本提纲;剧情梗概;电影脚本Accounts and stories
- anecdote
- another
- anti-narrative
- be another storyidiom
- bodice-ripper
- brushstroke
- cautionary tale
- commentary
- legendary
- lore
- misdescription
- multi-stranded
- myth
- rundown
- running commentaryphrase
- shaggy-dog story
- short story
- sob story
- strand
- writesomethingup