Planning

(noun.) the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise.

(noun.) an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action; 'the planning was more fun than the trip itself'.

(noun.) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; 'his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties'.

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• I wonder what the bastard is planning now, Robert Jordan said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• She talked on, planning village kindnesses, unheeding the silence of her husband and the monosyllabic answers of Margaret. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Ah, miss, it is a pity you didn't let me know what you were planning, for I would have told you that your pains were wasted. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• She lay awake very long this night, planning how to lessen the evil influence of their Milton life on her mother. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The business, however difficult, shapes itself to your effort; you seem to manage detail with an inferior part of yourself, while the real soul of you is active, planning, light. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He was seated at this bench testing, figuring, and planning. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• And he set himself to weaken the republicans whose fundamental convictions he was planning to outrage. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was a cause of constant distress to Mrs. Welland that her son-in-law showed so little foresight in planning his days. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• In that one day's planning every part was considered and provided for, from the crusher to the packing-house. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• During the time that Robert Jordan had slept through, the time he had spent planning the destruction of the bridge and the time that he had been with Maria, Andreu Nin had made slow progress. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• You both did as much as you could in planning the marriage. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Morse, who had been sitting in the gallery all day, concluded that further waiting was useless, and went back to his hotel, planning to leave for New York early the next morning. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He was very much occupied perfecting new commercial schemes, protecting his patents from a horde of pirates, and planning to introduce his invention into Europe. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• He had recently built several canals on this property, and was at the head of a number of companies which were planning to intersect England with waterways. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• And I think, papa, that I could get mamma to help me in planning, if you could tell me what to plan for. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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