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| 1 | C/U a series of related events that make up the main story in a book , film etc. A second , less important story in the same book or film is called a subplot . （书、电影等的）情节 |
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| 2 | C a secret plan to do something bad , made by two or more people 密谋；阴谋；秘密计划 |
| an assassination plot 暗杀阴谋 |
| +against a plot against the government 反对政府的阴谋 |
| a plot to do sth The two men are accused of a plot to bomb an American plane. 这两个人被指控阴谋策划炸毁一架美国飞机。 |
| hatch a plot (=make it) Between them, they had hatched a clever plot to claim insurance money. 策划阴谋 |
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| 3 | C a piece of land used for a particular purpose , for example building a house or growing plants （建筑或耕种等用的）小块土地 |
| | 3a | a small piece of land in a cemetery where you are buried when you die 墓地 | | a family plot (=where members of the same family are buried) 家族墓地 | |
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| - | lose the plot BRITISH informal
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| 1 | to no longer understand a situation or know how to deal with it 开始糊涂起来；不知所措 |
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| 2 | to start behaving in a strange or silly way 开始举止古怪（或愚蠢） |
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| - | the plotthickens
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| used for saying that a situation is becoming more complicated or mysterious |
| 情况变得复杂（或神秘）起来 |
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