A pilot plan or a pilot project is one that is used to test an idea before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale.
The plan is to launch a pilot programme next summer.
计划在明年夏天实施试行方案。
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A pilot is a person who is trained to fly an aircraft.
He spent seventeen years as an airline pilot.
他当了17年的航空公司飞行员。
A pilot is a person who steers a ship through a difficult stretch of water, for example, the entrance to a harbour.
It seemed that the pilot had another ship to take up the river that evening.
似乎该领航员那天晚上还要引领另一艘船沿河而上。
pilots , piloting , piloted
If someone pilots an aircraft or ship, they act as its pilot.
He piloted his own plane part of the way to Washington.
在乘坐自己的飞机去华盛顿的途中,有一段路程是由他自己驾驶的。
If a government or organization pilots a programme or project, they test it, before deciding whether to introduce it on a larger scale.
Teachers are piloting a literature-based reading programme.
老师们正在试开一门以文学为基础的阅读课程。