词汇精选：plot的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
故事情节，布局 [U,C]
例句：
The plot of the story is ingeniously conceived.
故事情节的构思相当巧妙。
例句：
The plot of the new novel gradually developed in the author's mind.
那部新小说的情节在作者的头脑中逐渐形成。
阴谋，密谋 [C]
例句：
The plot to kill the President grew out of the inordinate ambition of a few colonels.
刺杀总统的阴谋是由几位陆军上校无限制的野心酿成的。
例句：
Their plot to overthrow the government was crushed.
他们企图推翻政府的阴谋被粉碎了。
（专用的）小块土地 [C]
例句：
I grow potatoes on my little plot of land.
我在那一小块地上种土豆。
v.
密谋，暗中策划 [I,T]
例句：
They are plotting how to murder him.
他们在密谋如何杀害他。
例句：
Those who plot and conspire will certainly come to no good end.
搞阴谋诡计的人绝不会有好下场。
（在地图上）画出，标出 [T]
例句：
We were trying to plot the course of the submarine.
我们试图标绘出潜艇的航线图。
绘制（图表） [T]
例句：
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。
绘制（曲线） [T]
例句：
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。
（为小说、戏剧等）设置情节，布局 [T]
例句：
He occupied himself with plotting something new into his novel yesterday so that he missed the interview.
昨天他光忙着为小说设置新情节以至于误了面试。
二、词义辨析：
draft,outline,diagram,plot,sketch,blueprint
这些词既可作动词也可作名词用，作动词时均有“绘制”之意；作名词时都含“草图”之意。draft用作动词时指按准确比例设计或打样；作名词时专指精确的草图或草案。outline主要给出事物要点或轮廓，强调简化了的整体。diagram侧重指用图形、图表等来说明。plot可与draft和diagram换用，但侧重于表示具体的点、面、部分或目标，从而使相互关系以及和整体的关系得以明确。sketch指用图、模型或语言描述来表示某一事物的整体情况。blueprint主要指绘制蓝图或制定纲领或规划。这个词引申用来指详细而具体的行动计划。
三、参考例句：
The plot seems contrived.
情节看起来不真实。
The second kitchentheory plot thickens.
第二厨房理论的蛛丝马迹又增加了。
The film had an exciting plot.
这部电影有吸引人的情节。
The plot often borders on farce.
情节常常近乎荒诞。
The plot of the drama is dull.
这个剧的剧情很无聊。
The plot sucks and now I quit.
剧情太烂，果断弃剧。
The plot of the book is incredible.
这本书的情节叫人难以相信。
a plot to assassinate the president
一个刺杀总统的阴谋
The plot of the story is ingeniously conceived.
故事情节的构思相当巧妙。
Their plot to overthrow the government was crushed.
他们企图推翻政府的阴谋被粉碎了。
