n.[C]

1. 阴谋；秘密计划[（+against）][+to-v]
   A plot to assassinate the President was uncovered by government agents.

   刺杀总统的阴谋被政府特工人员发觉了。

2. （小说，戏剧等的）情节
   The play has a very complicated plot.

   这出戏的情节相当复杂。

3. 小块土地
   I grow vegetables on my little plot of land.

   我在我的一小块土地上种蔬菜。

4. 【主美】（建筑物等的）平面图；标绘图
   He made a plot of the route of the hike.

   他为远足的路线画了一张图。

vt.

1. 密谋，策划[+to-v]
   The criminals were plotting to rob the bank.

   犯罪分子正密谋抢劫银行。

2. 标绘，绘制……的图
   The nurse plotted a chart of the patient's temperature.

   护士绘制了一份病人体温图。

3. 测定（点线的）位置
   They plotted the new positions of each vessel.

   他们测定了每一条船的新位置。

4. 为（文学作品）设计情节
   He is plotting a new novel.

   他正在为一部新小说构思情节。

5. 把……划成小块地；划分[（+out）]
   New residential districts are all plotted out.

   新居住区的地块都已划定。

vi.

1. 密谋，策划[（+for/against）]
   The rebels plotted against the government.

   反叛者策划推翻政府。

n.

1. a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
2. the main sequence of events in a play, novel, or film.
3. a small piece of ground marked out for building, gardening, etc.
4. a graph showing the relation between two variables.
   ▸chiefly US a diagram, chart, or map.

v.

1. secretly make plans to carry out (something illegal or harmful).
2. devise the plot of (a play, novel, or film).
3. mark (a route or position) on a chart.
   ▸mark out or allocate (points) on a graph.
   ▸make (a curve) by marking out a number of such points.
   ▸illustrate by use of a graph.