1. | [c][u] 故事情节；布局the series of events that form the story of a novel, play, film/movie, etc. |
a conventional plot about love and marriage 传统的婚恋故事情节 | |
The book is well organized in terms of plot. 这本书的故事布局十分严谨。 |
2. | [c] ~ (to do sth) 阴谋；密谋a secret plan made by a group of people to do sth wrong or illegal |
3. | [c] （专用的）小块土地a small piece of land that is used or intended for a special purpose |
She bought a small plot of land to build a house on. 她买了一小块地盖房子。 | |
a vegetable plot 一块菜圃 |
1. | [i][t] 密谋；暗中策划to make a secret plan to harm sb, especially a government or its leader |
They were accused of plotting against the state. 他们被指控密谋叛乱。 | |
Military officers were suspected of plotting a coup. 人们怀疑军方在策划政变。 | |
They were plotting to overthrow the government. 他们在密谋颠覆政府。 |
2. | [t] ~ sth (on sth) （在地图上）画出，标出to mark sth on a map, for example the position or course of sth |
The earthquake centres had been plotted on a world map. 地震震中均被标示在一张世界地图上。 |
3. | [t] ~ sth (on sth) 绘制（图表）to make a diagram or chart from some information |
We carefully plotted each patient's response to the drug on a chart. 我们仔细绘出了每个病人对这种药物反应的图表。 |
4. | [t] ~ sth (on sth) 绘制（图表的曲线）to mark points on a graph and draw a line or curve connecting them |
First, plot the temperature curve on the graph. 首先，在图表上绘出温度曲线来。 |
5. | [t] ~ sth （为小说、戏剧等）设计情节，布局to write the plot of a novel, play, etc. |
a tightly-plotted thriller 情节丝丝入扣的惊险刺激小说 |
