the grand scheme of things的意思|示意

In the grand scheme of things, that's it: Retrieve the file, transform it, and display the results.

事情的主要步骤是：检索文件、转换、显示结果。

That may not sound like building the next 10-ghz processor, but in the grand scheme of things, communicating with each other changes everything.

这听上去好像和制造下一代的10ghz处理器不同，不过在事物的整个结构上，与他人交流能够改变一切。

Think about it — conforming to the world's view of the perfect body image won't change much in the grand scheme of things.

好好想一想——与全世界都认为的完美身材保持一致在大体上并不会改变什么。

The price China pays is often dismissed as inconsequential: what are a few billion in the grand scheme of things?

中国开出的高额支票常又因漫天开价而拒收：区区几十亿，从大局来看算什么？

But the bitter truth we critics must face is that in the grand scheme of things the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.

但我们评论家得面对难堪的事实，就是以价值而言——我们的评论，可能根本比不上我们大肆批评的渺小事物！

But in the grand scheme of things, geologists say this is just Mother Nature as usual.

但是，地质学家们说，从事物的宏观角度来看，这只是大自然的正常现象。