plotting
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A plot is a secret plan by a group of people to do something that is illegal or wrong, usually against a person or a government. 陰謀
Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government. 安全部隊(duì)已經(jīng)揭穿了一個(gè)推翻政府的陰謀。
2. V-T If people plot to do something or plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it. 密謀
Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government. 審判的公訴人聲稱被告曾密謀推翻政府。
The military were plotting a coup. 該軍方當(dāng)時(shí)正在密謀政變。
3. V-T When people plot a strategy or a course of action, they carefully plan each step of it. 制訂
Yesterday's meeting was intended to plot a survival strategy for the party. 昨天的會(huì)議旨在制訂該黨的生存策略。
4. N-VAR The plot of a film, novel, or play is the connected series of events which make up the story. 情節(jié)
He began to tell me the plot of his new book. 他開(kāi)始向我講述他新書的情節(jié)。
5. N-COUNT A plot of land 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. 小塊圈地
I thought that I'd buy myself a small plot of land and build a house on it. 我覺(jué)得我應(yīng)該給自己買一小塊地，在上面蓋一所房子。
6. V to arrange or divide (land) into plots 劃分(土地); 把(土地)分成小塊
7. V-T When someone plots something on a graph, they mark certain points on it and then join the points up. (在曲線圖上) 繪制
We plotted about eight points on the graph. 我們?cè)趫D表上繪出了大約有八個(gè)點(diǎn)的曲線。
8. V-T When someone plots the position or course of a plane or ship, they mark it on a map using instruments to obtain accurate information. 標(biāo)繪
We were trying to plot the course of the submarine. 我們當(dāng)時(shí)正試圖標(biāo)繪出那艘潛艇的航線。
9. V-T If someone plots the 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. 用圖表展示 (發(fā)展趨勢(shì))
They used a computer to plot the movements of everyone in the police station on December 24, 1990. 他們使用計(jì)算機(jī)繪制了圖表，來(lái)顯示1990年12月24日警察局中每個(gè)人的行動(dòng)。
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