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

• Plots the torque speed curve and power curves for given values of stall torque and no load speed.
  绘制给定失速扭矩和空载速度时的力矩曲线和功率曲线，不含负荷转速。
• This child was fascinated by the plots in the novel.
  这个小孩被小说的情节吸引住了。
• 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。
• The author wove a story from three plots.
  作者把三个情节编成一个故事。
• There are green and lush vegetable plots [ beds] in our vicinity.
  我们住所周围一片绿油油的菜地。
• The two plots share certain obvious affinities.
  这两个情节有某种明显的相似。
• Statistical analysis on forest sample plots is considered as a fundamental work of forestry production and research.
  森林样地调查统计分析是林业生产和科研中的一项基础性工作。
• Records of 224 plots in Tennessee are being used to test and revise this method.
  在田纳西州的224个样品的记录正用于检验和修订。
• Students analyze the plots, themes, and characters of daytime soaps and discuss their impact on modern life.
  学生们在课上分析日播肥皂剧的故事情节、主题和人物，并讨论他们对现代生活的影响。
• 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。