1 the series of events which form the story of a novel, film, etc (小说、电影等的)情节:
The play had a very weak plot.这出戏的情节很不精彩。I can't follow the plot of this novel.我看不懂这本小说的情节。
2a plot (to do sth) a secret plan made by several people to do sth wrong or illegal 阴谋,密谋,秘密计划(多指做坏事或非法勾当):
a plot to kill the president刺杀总统的阴谋
3 a small piece of land, used for a special purpose (作特别用途的)小块土地:
a plot of land一小块地
plot²
/plɒt ||; plɑt/verb
(plotting;plotted)
1 [I,T] plot (with sb) (against sb) to make a secret plan to do sth wrong or illegal 密谋,秘密计划(做坏事或非法勾当):
They were accused of plotting against the government.他们被控密谋反对政府。The terrorists had been plotting this campaign for years.恐怖分子密谋策划这项活动已有多年了。
2 [T] to mark sth on a map, diagram, etc 在地图或示意图上标明:
to plot the figures on a graph把那些数字用图表标示出来
plot1/plɑt; plɒt/n [C] 1 a secret plan to do something illegal or harmful 密谋﹐阴谋: plot to do sth a plot to kill the king 杀害国王的阴谋see box at见 PLAN1 方框2 the events that form the main story of a book, film, or play〔书﹑电影或戏剧的〕情节: I didn’t really understand the plot. 我不太明白那情节。3 a small piece of land for building or growing things on〔建筑或种植用的〕小块土地: a vegetable plot 一小块菜地
plot2v plotted , plotting 1 [I,T] to make a secret plan to harm someone or do something illegal 密谋﹐秘密策划﹐图谋: plot to do sth He denied plotting to kidnap the girl. 他否认密谋绑架这个女孩。+against The army were secretly plotting against him. 军队在密谋推翻他。2 also 又作 plot out [T] to draw marks or a line to represent facts, numbers etc 绘制: We plotted a graph to show the increase in profits. 我们绘制了一张图表﹐显示利润的增加。
plotplotplots1noun1what happens in a story, play or film: This book has a very exciting plot.2a secret plan to do something bad: a plot to kill the President3a small piece of land that you use or you plan to use for a special purpose: She bought a small plot of land to build a house on.a vegetable plotplotplotplotsplottedplotting2verb (plots, plotting, plotted)to make a secret plan to do something bad: They plotted to rob the bank.