plot
情节,计划,阴谋,剧情
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Definitions
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- : a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose, especially a hostile, unlawful, or evil purpose: a plot to overthrow the government.
- : Also called storyline. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
- : a small piece or area of ground: a garden plot; burial plot.
- : a measured piece or parcel of land: a house on a two-acre plot.
- : a plan, map, diagram, or other graphic representation, as of land, a building, etc.
- : a list, timetable, or scheme dealing with any of the various arrangements for the production of a play, motion picture, etc.: According to the property plot, there should be a lamp stage left.
- : a chart showing the course of a craft, as a ship or airplane.
- : Artillery. a point or points located on a map or chart: target plot.
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plot·ted, plot·ting.
- : to plan secretly, especially something hostile or evil: to plot mutiny.
- : to mark on a plan, map, or chart, as the course of a ship or aircraft.
- : to draw a plan or map of, as a tract of land or a building.
- : to divide into plots.
- : to determine and mark, as on plotting paper, by means of measurements or coordinates.
- : to draw by means of points so marked.
- : to represent by means of such a curve.
- : to devise or construct the plot of.
- : to prepare a list, timetable, or scheme of, as for a play or motion picture: The stage manager hadn't plotted the set changes until one day before the dress rehearsal.
- : to make by graph.
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plot·ted, plot·ting.
- : to plan or scheme secretly; form a plot; conspire.
- : to devise or develop a literary or dramatic plot.
- : to be marked or located by means of measurements or coordinates, as on plotting paper.
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Examples
What followed, prosecutors said, was a criminal plot by his underlings to cyberstalk the couple.
Counseling, rehab, a lot of medication, trial and error, quitting drinking, and support from family and friends have essentially kept me here and with the plot.
Over subsequent days, the hacker met with the employee multiple times to hash out the plot, unaware that the FBI was listening in.
After rejecting all possible sources of error they could think of, the researchers came up with three explanations that would fit the size and shape of the bump in their data plots.
And, if you’ve forgotten, here’s the plot summary, as told by Anya Dubner.
When communism was a threat, it was construed as a communist plot.
But his account of a dissident plot involving Gambian expats using U.S. weapons is similar to what Faal told the FBI.
Another member of the plot took care of the ammo along with black uniforms, night-vision equipment, and body armor.
They were able to purchase weapons and plot attacks on the island without much interference.
The plot was a string of anecdotes from the senseless shootings of friends that Brinsley knew.
It was thanks to the discovery of this plot that the Marshal first got information of his enemies' projected advance.
But Magellan learned of their wicked plot in time to defeat them, and he punished them as they deserved.
While he grieved over the loss of our little one, you conceived a vile plot to 'get even,' Oh, you—liar!
It was assuming a great deal to tell a woman that he saw through her plot to disenchant him with a rival.
The friends so overacted their part, that Jane immediately saw through the plot.