a description of how things might happen in the future 设想；方案；预测 Let me suggest a possible scenario. 我来设想一种可能出现的情况。 The worst-case scenario (= the worst possible thing that could happen) would be for the factory to be closed down. 最坏的情况可能是工厂关闭。 a nightmare scenario 最坏的可能
Extra ExamplesSimilar scenarios are playing out across the country. 类似情形正在全国各地蔓延开来。 The more likely scenario is that interest rates will rise. 更可能出现的情况是利率上升。 Under any of these scenarios, the company will run into debt. 这些情况出现任何一种时，公司都将负债。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- likely
- plausible
- possible
- …
- consider
- imagine
- construct
- …
- play out
- unfold
- in a/the scenario
- under a/the scenario
a written outline of what happens in a film or play （电影或戏剧的）剧情梗概
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latin scena ‘scene’.