blueprint /ˈbluːˌprɪnt/ CET6 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A blueprint for something is a plan or set of proposals that shows how it is expected to work. 蓝图

  例：

  The president will offer delegates his blueprint for the country's future.

  总统将向代表们提出他的国家未来蓝图。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A blueprint of an architect's building plans or a designer's pattern is a photographic print consisting of white lines on a blue background. Blueprints contain all of the information that is needed to build or make something. (建筑师的) 蓝图

  例：

  ...a blueprint of the whole place, complete with heating ducts and wiring.

  …整个地方的蓝图，连带暖气管道和线路。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A genetic blueprint is a pattern that is contained within all living cells. This pattern decides how the organism develops and what it looks like. (基因的) 图谱

  例：

  The offspring contain a mixture of the genetic blueprint of each parent.

  后代体内含有父母亲基因图谱的混合。