Plot



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GRE 红宝书

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

Webster Collegiate

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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