You should draw up a plan or outline for the essay.

你应该为文章草拟个计划或提纲。

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A business plan should be a strategic outline of what you are going to do.

商业计划应该是一个战略纲要，讲明你打算做什么。

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So here I will outline a high-level plan for building your own components that can work within ServiceMix.

所以在这里为了构建您自己的可在ServiceMix内工作的组件我将概述一个高级计划。

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The former Labour leader, MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, will outline a plan to save the factories, which employ mostly disabled staff.

BBC: Gordon Brown in bid to save Fife Remploy factories

After a contentious intra-party debate, Democrats in the House of Representatives outline a plan requiring U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by August 2008.

NPR: House Democrats Call for 2008 Pullout from Iraq

The organization is sending a team to the area in three weeks, Conlee said, to outline a plan to make the islands into a real sanctuary for the chimpanzees, complete with reliable food and water sources and shelter.

CNN: Chimps in need after U.S. organization withdraws care