Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense plots, present participle plotting, past tense, past participle plotted
1N-COUNT [usually NOUN to-infinitive]阴谋;密谋 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;密谋
Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government.
安全部队揭露了一起推翻政府的阴谋。
He was responding to reports of an assassination plot against him. [+ against]
6N-COUNT (尤指作特殊用途的)一小块(土地) 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. (尤指作特殊用途的)一小块(土地)
I thought that I'd buy myself a small plot of land and build a house on it.
我想我该给自己买一小块地,在上面建一座房子。
The bottom of the garden was given over to vegetable plots.
花园的尽头留作了菜地。
7VERB 绘制…的曲线 When someone plots something on a graph, they mark certain points on it and then join the points up. 绘制…的曲线
We plot about eight points on the graph. [VERB noun]
我们在图表上绘制出大约8个点的曲线。
8VERB (在地图上)标绘出(飞机、船舶的位置或航线) When someone plots the position or course of a plane or ship, they mark it on a map using instruments to obtain accurate information. (在地图上)标绘出(飞机、船舶的位置或航线)
We were trying to plot the course of the submarine. [VERB noun]
9VERB 绘制…的图表(或平面图) 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. 绘制…的图表(或平面图)
They used a computer to plot the movements of everyone in the building. [VERB noun]
他们使用了一台计算机绘制这座建筑里每个人的活动图表。
10PHRASE 困惑;迷惘;不知所措 If someone loses the plot, they become confused and do not know what they should do. 困惑;迷惘;不知所措 [informal]
The Tories have lost the plot on law and order.
保守党人在治安问题上不知所措。
Quotations
Ay, now the plot thickens very much upon usGeorge Villiers BuckinghamThe Rehearsal