plots

英 [plɒts]

美 [plɑːts]

n.  故事情节; 布局; 阴谋; 密谋; (专用的)小块土地
v.  密谋; 暗中策划; (在地图上)画出，标出; 绘制(图表)
plot的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 阴谋；密谋
  Aplotis a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government.
  1. 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。
  2. He was responding to reports of an assassination plot against him.
     他正就有关针对他的暗杀阴谋的报道作出回应。
• VERB 图谋；密谋
  If peopleplot todo something orplotsomething that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it.
  1. Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government...
     检方在审判中指称被告密谋推翻政府。
  2. The military were plotting a coup...
     军方正在策划一场政变。
  3. They are awaiting trial on charges of plotting against the state.
     他们因被指控阴谋叛乱而在候审。
• VERB 计划；制订
  When peopleplota strategy or a course of action, they carefully plan each step of it.
  1. Yesterday's meeting was intended to plot a survival strategy for the party...
     昨天的会议旨在制订使该党能够继续存在下去的策略。
  2. For the next five years she plotted her career.
     她规划了自己今后5年的职业。
• See also:sub-plot
• N-COUNT （尤指作特殊用途的）一小块（土地）
  Aplot ofland 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.
  1. 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。
  2. The bottom of the garden was given over to vegetable plots.
     花园的尽头留作了菜地。
• VERB 绘制…的曲线
  When someoneplotssomething on a graph, they mark certain points on it and then join the points up.
  1. We plot about eight points on the graph.
     我们在图表上绘制出大约8个点的曲线。
• VERB （在地图上）标绘出（飞机、船舶的位置或航线）
  When someoneplotsthe position or course of a plane or ship, they mark it on a map using instruments to obtain accurate information.
  1. We were trying to plot the course of the submarine.
     我们试图标绘出潜艇的航线图。
• VERB 绘制…的图表（或平面图）
  If someoneplotsthe 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.
  1. They used a computer to plot the movements of everyone in the building.
     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。
• PHRASE 困惑；迷惘；不知所措
  If someoneloses the plot, they become confused and do not know what they should do.
  1. The Tories have lost the plot on law and order.
     保守党人在治安问题上不知所措。

双语例句

• Local landlords drove them off their plots.
  当地的地主们把他们从他们的土地上赶走。
• A radio-link automatically advises it of traffic snarls and plots a detour.
  一个无线电接入装置会自动通知交通拥堵状况，并给出绕行建议。
• We joined up small plots of land and made bigger fields.
  我们把小块的地连成大块的田。
• This is a great feature for collecting related plots together to compare or contrast.
  这是将相关图形搜集在一起进行比较和对比的一种很好的特性。
• There is no time and energy left for me to write down the exactly plots of the movie.
  再也没有时间和精力能让我把这部电影的具体情节写下去了。
• Landscape improvements were also carried out at over 30 roadside amenity plots to beautify the environment.
  超过30个路旁美化市容地带也进行了园景改善工程，以美化环境。
• We passed through wheat fields and golden plots of sunflowers.
  我们穿过小麦地和金黄色的向日葵地块。
• The two plots share certain obvious affinities.
  这两个情节有某种明显的相似。
• This runoff, of course, was absorbed by the accumulated soils of the farm plots.
  当然，农田里聚积的土壤吸住了这种径流。
• However, full introductions and descriptions of the plots of the operas broadcast are carried between acts and scenes.
  然而，对播出的广播歌剧剧情的全面描述和介绍会在幕间和场间进行。