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