名词地基，基址图; （戏剧、小说等的）情节; 一块地; 测算表

及物动词密谋; 以图表画出，制图; 把…分成小块; 为（文学作品）设计情节

不及物动词设计作品情节; 标示于图表上; 密谋，暗中策划

1. 阴谋；密谋
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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. 图谋；密谋
If people plot to do something or plot something that is illegal or wrong, they plan secretly to do it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. The military were plotting a coup...
军方正在策划一场政变。

3. 计划；制订
When people plot a strategy or a course of action, they carefully plan each step of it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. For the next five years she plotted her career.
她规划了自己今后5年的职业。

4. （电影、小说或戏剧的）情节
The plot of a film, novel, or play is the connected series of events which make up the story.

5. （尤指作特殊用途的）一小块（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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. The bottom of the garden was given over to vegetable plots.
花园的尽头留作了菜地。

6. 绘制…的曲线
When someone plots something on a graph, they mark certain points on it and then join the points up.

e.g. 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。

7. （在地图上）标绘出（飞机、船舶的位置或航线）
When someone plots the position or course of a plane or ship, they mark it on a map using instruments to obtain accurate information.

e.g. We were trying to plot the course of the submarine.
我们试图标绘出潜艇的航线图。

8. 绘制…的图表（或平面图）
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.

e.g. 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。

9. 困惑；迷惘；不知所措
If someone loses the plot, they become confused and do not know what they should do.

e.g. The Tories have lost the plot on law and order.
保守党人在治安问题上不知所措。

名词地区; 领域; 区域，范围; 面积，平地

1. 地区;区域
An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.

e.g. ...the large number of community groups in the area...
该地区大量的社团
e.g. 60 years ago half the French population still lived in rural areas.
60年前有一半法国人仍然生活在乡村地区。

2. （生活、管辖的）范围，区域
Your area is the part of a town, country, or region where you live. An organization's area is the part of a town, country, or region that it is responsible for.

e.g. Local authorities have been responsible for the running of schools in their areas...
地方当局一直负责管理本地区的学校。
e.g. If there is an election in your area, you should go and vote.
如果你所居住的地区进行选举，你应该去参加投票。

3. （作特殊用途的）地方，场地，区
A particular area is a piece of land or part of a building that is used for a particular activity.

e.g. ...a picnic area.
野餐区
e.g. ...the main check-in area located in Terminal 1.
位于1号候机厅的主检票区

4. （某一表面或物体上的）区；（身体上的）部分
An area is a particular place on a surface or object, for example on your body.

e.g. You will notice that your baby has two soft areas on the top of his head.
你会注意到你的宝宝头顶上有两处柔软的地方。

5. 面积
The area of a surface such as a piece of land is the amount of flat space or ground that it covers, measured in square units.

e.g. The islands cover a total area of 625.6 square kilometers...
这些岛屿总面积为625.6平方公里。
e.g. Although large in area, the flat did not have many rooms.
这套公寓虽然面积很大，但并没有太多房间。

6. 领域；方面；范围
You can use area to refer to a particular subject or topic, or to a particular part of a larger, more general situation or activity.

e.g. ...the politically sensitive area of old age pensions.
有关养老金的政治敏感话题
e.g. ...the internationalization of the economy and all other areas of society...
社会的经济和其他领域的国际化

7. （足球场上）同penalty area
On a football pitch, the area is the same as the penalty area.

8. see also: catchment area;disaster area;grey area;penalty area

形容词有前途的; 有为; 有希望的; 光明

1. 大有希望的；很有前途的；前景很好的
Someone or something that is promising seems likely to be very good or successful.

e.g. A school has honoured one of its brightest and most promising former pupils.
一所学校给曾在这里就读的最聪明、最有前途的一位学生授予了荣誉头衔。

名词复杂性，错综复杂的状态; 复杂的事物; 复合物

1. 复杂性;错综复杂
Complexity is the state of having many different parts connected or related to each other in a complicated way.

e.g. ...a diplomatic tangle of great complexity.
非常复杂的外事纠纷
e.g. ...the increasing complexity of modern weapon systems.
现代武器系统的日益复杂

名词不完美; 缺点，瑕疵

1. 缺点;弱点;缺陷
An imperfection in someone or something is a fault, weakness, or undesirable feature that they have.

e.g. By his own statement, there have been imperfections in his judgment.
据他自己声称,他的判断存在不足之处。
e.g. I was obsessed by my physical imperfections.
我的身体缺陷令我很苦恼。

2. 污点;瑕疵
An imperfection in something is a small mark or damaged area which may spoil its appearance.

e.g. ...imperfections in the cloth.
衣料上的瑕疵