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  • n. 情节; 阴谋
  • [英] n. 情节 ( the plan or main story of a literary work) ; 阴谋 ( a secret plan; intrigue)

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I. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English, from Old English
  • Date: before 12th century
  • 1.
    • a. a small area of planted ground <a vegetable plot>
    • b. a small piece of land in a cemetery
    • c. a measured piece of land ; lot
  • 2. ground plan, plat
  • 3. the plan or main story (as of a movie or literary work)
  • 4. \[perhaps back-formation from complot\] a secret plan for accomplishing a usually evil or unlawful end ; intrigue
  • 5. a graphic representation (as a chart)
  • ? plotless adjective
  • ? plotlessness noun
  • Synonyms:
    • plot, intrigue, machination, conspiracy, cabal mean a plan secretly devised to accomplish an evil or treacherous end. plot implies careful foresight in planning a complex scheme <an assassination plot>. intrigue suggests secret underhanded maneuvering in an atmosphere of duplicity<backstairs intrigue>. machination implies a contriving of annoyances, injuries, or evils by indirect means<the machinations of a party boss>. conspiracy implies a secret agreement among several people usually involving treason or great treachery<a conspiracy to fix prices>. cabal typically applies to political intrigue involving persons of some eminence<a cabal among powerful senators>.
  • Synonym: see in addition plan.

II. verb (plotted; plotting)

  • Date: 1588
  • transitive verb
    • 1.
      • a. to make a plot, map, or plan of
      • b. to mark or note on or as if on a map or chart
    • 2. to lay out in plots
    • 3.
      • a. to locate (a point) by means of coordinates
      • b. to locate (a curve) by plotted points
      • c. to represent (an equation) by means of a curve so constructed
    • 4. to plan or contrive especially secretly
    • 5. to invent or devise the plot of (as a movie or a literary work)
  • intransitive verb
    • 1. to form a plot ; scheme
    • 2. to be located by means of coordinates <the data plot at a single point>


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