词典释义：
a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful
阴谋，密谋
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[with infinitive]
there's a plot to overthrow the government .有一个企图推翻政府的阴谋。
the main events of a play, novel, film, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
（戏剧、小说、电影等的）情节。
a small piece of ground marked out for a purpose such as building or gardening
（用于建筑或园林的）小块地，苗圃
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a vegetable plot .一块菜地。
a graph showing the relation between two variables
（表现两个变量关系的）图表。
〈主 美〉 图表；地图。
secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action)
密谋，策划，计划（非法或有害活动）
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the two men are serving sentences for plotting a bomb campaign 这两人现正因策划爆炸行动而服刑
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[no obj.]
brother plots against brother .手足相谋。
devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, film, or similar work)
设计（戏剧、小说、电影等）的情节。
mark (a route or position) on a chart
（在图表上）画，标记（线路或位置）
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he started to plot lines of ancient sites .他开始在图表上标记古遗址的轮廓。
mark out or allocate (points) on a graph
在图表上标记，布置。
make (a curve) by marking out a number of such points
标记点以画（曲线）。
illustrate by use of a graph
用图表说明
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it is possible to plot fairly closely the rate at which recruitment of girls increased .相当接近地用图表说明女兵数量增加的速度是有可能做得到的。
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lose the plot informal lose one's ability to understand or cope with what is happening〈非正式〉 丧失理解能力，无能为力many people believe that he is feeling the strain or has lost the plot ． 许多人认为他正经历巨大压力或者已经无能为力了 -
the plot thickens 见THICKEN ．
"late Old English （in sense 3 of the noun）， of unknown origin． The sense ‘secret plan'， dating from the late 16th cent., is associated with Old French
