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N-COUNT
陰謀；密謀
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.
例句
Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government...
安全部隊揭露了一起推翻政府的陰謀。
He was responding to reports of an assassination plot against him.
他正就有關針對他的暗殺陰謀的報道作出回應。
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VERB
圖謀；密謀
If people plot to do something or plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it.
例句
Prosecutors in the trial allege the defendants plotted to overthrow the government...
檢方在審判中指稱被告密謀推翻政府。
The military were plotting a coup...
軍方正在策劃一場政變。
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VERB
計劃；制訂
When people plot a strategy or a course of action, they carefully plan each step of it.
例句
Yesterday's meeting was intended to plot a survival strategy for the party...
昨天的會議旨在制訂使該黨能夠繼續存在下去的策略。
For the next five years she plotted her career.
她規劃了自己今后5年的職業。
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N-VAR
（電影、小說或戲劇的）情節
The plot of a film, novel, or play is the connected series of events which make up the story.
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N-COUNT
（尤指作特殊用途的）一小塊（土地）
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.
例句
I thought that I'd buy myself a small plot of land and build a house on it...
我想我該給自己買一小塊地，在上面建一座房子。
The bottom of the garden was given over to vegetable plots.
花園的盡頭留作了菜地。
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VERB
繪制…的曲線
When someone plots something on a graph, they mark certain points on it and then join the points up.
例句
We plot about eight points on the graph.
我們在圖表上繪制出大約8個點的曲線。
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VERB
（在地圖上）標繪出（飛機、船舶的位置或航線）
When someone plots the position or course of a plane or ship, they mark it on a map using instruments to obtain accurate information.
例句
We were trying to plot the course of the submarine.
我們試圖標繪出潛艇的航線圖。
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VERB
繪制…的圖表（或平面圖）
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.
例句
They used a computer to plot the movements of everyone in the building.
他們使用了一臺計算機繪制這座建筑里每個人的活動圖表。
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PHRASE
困惑；迷惘；不知所措
If someone loses the plot, they become confused and do not know what they should do.
例句
The Tories have lost the plot on law and order.
保守黨人在治安問題上不知所措。