plot

1. N-COUNT A plot is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government. 阴谋

Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government. 安全部队已经揭穿了一个推翻政府的阴谋。

2. V-T If people plot to do something or plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it. 密谋

Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government. 审判的公诉人声称被告曾密谋推翻政府。

The military were plotting a coup. 该军方当时正在密谋政变。

3. V-T When people plot a strategy or a course of action, they carefully plan each step of it. 制订

Yesterday's meeting was intended to plot a survival strategy for the party. 昨天的会议旨在制订该党的生存策略。

4. N-VAR The plot of a film, novel, or play is the connected series of events which make up the story. 情节

He began to tell me the plot of his new book. 他开始向我讲述他新书的情节。

5. N-COUNT A plot of land is a small piece of land, especially one that has been measured or marked out for a special purpose, such as building houses or growing vegetables. 小块圈地

I thought that I'd buy myself a small plot of land and build a house on it. 我觉得我应该给自己买一小块地，在上面盖一所房子。

6. V to arrange or divide (land) into plots 划分(土地); 把(土地)分成小块

7. V-T When someone plots something on a graph, they mark certain points on it and then join the points up. (在曲线图上) 绘制

We plotted about eight points on the graph. 我们在图表上绘出了大约有八个点的曲线。

8. V-T When someone plots the position or course of a plane or ship, they mark it on a map using instruments to obtain accurate information. 标绘

We were trying to plot the course of the submarine. 我们当时正试图标绘出那艘潜艇的航线。

9. V-T If someone plots the progress or development of something, they make a diagram or a plan which shows how it has developed in order to give some indication of how it will develop in the future. 用图表展示 (发展趋势)

They used a computer to plot the movements of everyone in the police station on December 24, 1990. 他们使用计算机绘制了图表，来显示1990年12月24日警察局中每个人的行动。