PLAN 计划, a secret plan by a group of people, to do something harmful or illegal

密谋，阴谋，秘密计划:

a plot to bomb the UN headquarters

炸毁联合国总部的阴谋

a plot against the king

推翻国王的阴谋

The court heard how she and her lover hatched a plot (=planned a plot) to kill her husband.

法庭听取了她和情人密谋杀害她丈夫的案情。

The plot to overthrow the military government was foiled (=prevented from being successful) .

推翻军政府的秘密计划被挫败了。

an assassination plot

一宗暗杀阴谋

STORY / FILM 故事/电影, the events that form the main story of a book, film, or play

〔书、电影、戏剧的〕情节:

The plot was a little confusing.

情节有些令人迷惑。

We discover that Jack isn't as innocent as he seems, as the plot unfolds (=gradually becomes clearer) .

随着情节的展开，我们发现杰克并不像表面上看起来那么清白。

the plot thickens, used to say that events seem to be becoming more complicated – often used humorously

情况开始复杂起来; 事情越来越纠缠不清了〔常为幽默用法〕

PIECE OF LAND 一块土地

DRAWING 画, [AmE] a drawing that shows the plan of a building at ground level

底层平面图;

[I,T] to make a secret plan to harm a person or organization, especially a political leader or government

密谋，策划，图谋:

They had plotted to blow up the White House.

他们曾密谋炸毁白宫。

He suspected that the military were secretly plotting against him.

他怀疑军方正在密谋推翻他。

The minister was found guilty of plotting the downfall of the government.

那位大臣被判犯有阴谋颠覆政府罪。

the story of a woman who plots revenge

一个女人策划报复的故事

[T] also plot out to draw marks or a line to represent facts, numbers etc

绘制:

We plotted a graph to show the increase in sales figures this year.

我们绘制了一个图表来显示今年销售额的增长。

You can plot all these numbers on one diagram for comparison.

你可以在一幅图上标出所有这些数字以供对比。

[T] also plot out to mark, calculate, or follow the path of an aircraft or ship, for example on a map

标绘（计算，追踪）〔飞机或船只〕的移动路线:

We plotted a course across the Pacific.

我们绘制出一条穿越太平洋的航线。