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the series of events that form the story of a novel, play, film, etc. 故事情节；布局 It's hard to follow the plot of the film. 很难理解这部电影的情节。 - plot about something
a conventional plot about love and marriage 传统的婚恋故事情节 The book is well organized in terms of plot. 这本书的故事布局十分严谨。 Plot twists (= unexpected developments) keep you guessing throughout the series. 剧情转折让你在整个系列中不断猜测。
Collocations LiteratureLiterature 文学 Being a writer 当作家 - write/publish literature/poetry/fiction/a book/a story/a poem/a novel/a review/an autobiography
写／发表文学作品／诗集／小说／书／故事／诗歌／长篇小说／评论／自传 - become a writer/novelist/playwright
成为作家／小说家／剧作家 - find/have a publisher/an agent
找到／有出版商／代理人 - have a new book out
出版一部新书 - edit/revise/proofread a book/text/manuscript
编辑／修订／校对书／文章／原稿 - dedicate a book/poem to…
把一本书／一首诗献给…
Plot, character and atmosphere 情节、人物和氛围 - construct/create/weave/weave something into a complex narrative
构思／创作／编写／把某事编成一部复杂的叙事小说 - advance/drive the plot
推进故事情节的发展 - introduce/present the protagonist/a character
介绍主人公／一个人物 - describe/depict/portray a character (as…)/(somebody as) a hero/villain
描述人物／英雄／坏蛋；把一个人物描绘成…；把某人描绘成英雄／坏蛋 - create an exciting/a tense atmosphere
营造一种令人兴奋／紧张的气氛 - build/heighten the suspense/tension
制造／增加悬念／紧张气氛 - evoke/capture the pathos of the situation
唤起对这种状况的同情 - convey emotion/an idea/an impression/a sense of…
传达…情感／思想；给人…印象／感觉 - engage the reader
吸引读者 - seize/capture/grip the (reader’s) imagination
抓住（读者的）想象力 - arouse/elicit emotion/sympathy (in the reader)
唤起（读者的）情感／同情 - lack imagination/emotion/structure/rhythm
缺乏想象力／情感／精心组织／节奏感
Language, style and imagery 语言、风格和形象语言 - use/employ language/imagery/humour/(US English) humor/an image/a symbol/a metaphor/a device
使用语言／形象语言／幽默／意象／象征／暗喻／手段 - use/adopt/develop a style/technique
使用／采用／形成一种风格／技巧 - be rich in/be full of symbolism
富含象征意义 - evoke images of…/a sense of…/a feeling of…
唤起…的形象／感觉 - create/achieve an effect
创造／取得效果 - maintain/lighten the tone
维持／缓和基调 - introduce/develop an idea/a theme
引入／发展一种思想／一个主题 - inspire a novel/a poet/somebody’s work/somebody’s imagination
促成小说的创作；给诗人以灵感；促成某人作品的诞生；激发某人的想象力
Reading and criticism 阅读与评论 - read an author/somebody’s work/fiction/poetry/a text/a poem/a novel/a chapter/a passage
读一个作家的作品／某人的著作／小说／诗集／一篇文章／一首诗／一部小说／一个章节／一段文章 - review a book/a novel/somebody’s work
评论一本书／一部小说／某人的作品 - give something/get/have/receive a good/bad review
给予／得到好评／恶评 - be hailed (as)/be recognized as a masterpiece
被誉为一部杰作 - quote a(n) phrase/line/stanza/passage/author
引用一个短语／一行诗／一节诗／一段文章／作者的话 - provoke/spark discussion/criticism
引发讨论／评论 - study/interpret/understand a text/passage
研读／解读／理解一篇文章／一段文章 - translate somebody’s work/a text/a passage/a novel/a poem
翻译某人的作品／一篇文章／一段文章／一部小说／一首诗
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatreb1, Literature and writingb1She has constructed a complicated plot, with a large cast of characters. 她构思了复杂的故事情节，里面人物众多。 The main plot revolves around a suspicious death. 主要情节围绕着一个可疑的死亡事件展开。 There are several unexpected twists in the plot before the murderer is revealed. 杀人凶手身分揭开之前，故事情节出现了几次意想不到的转折。 This car chase does nothing to advance the plot. 这场车辆追逐对剧情发展毫无作用。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- simple
- complex
- complicated
- …
- construct
- advance
- give away
- …
- develop
- unfold
- involve
- …
- development
- twist
- device
- …
- a twist in the plot
- a twist of the plot
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a secret plan made by a group of people to do something wrong or illegal 阴谋；密谋 He had been the victim of an elaborate murder plot. 他是一场精心策划的谋杀阴谋的受害者。 - plot to do something
The rebels hatched a plot to overthrow the government. 反叛者策划了推翻政府的阴谋。 - plot against somebody
Police uncovered a plot against the president. 警方揭露了一起针对总统的阴谋。 They had taken part in a Jacobite plot against William III. 他们参加了英王詹姆斯二世追随者反对威廉三世的密谋。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- evil
- fiendish
- alleged
- …
- hatch
- uncover
- foil
- …
- plot against
- plot by
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a small piece of land that is used or intended for a special purpose （专用的）小块土地 Synonyms landland- lot
- ground
- space
- plot
- land an area of ground, especially one that is used for a particular purpose:
agricultural land 农业用地
- lot (North American English)
a piece of land that is used or intended for a particular purpose: 指作某种用途的一块地、场地： building lots 建筑用地 a parking lot 停车场
- ground an area of land that is used for a particular purpose :
The kids were playing on waste ground near the school. 孩子们在学校附近的荒地玩耍。 the site of an ancient burial ground 古代墓地遗址
land, lot or ground? 用 land、lot 还是 ground？ - space a large area of land that has no buildings on it:
The city has plenty of open space. 这座城市有很多开阔的空地。 the wide open spaces of the Canadian prairies 加拿大一片片广袤的草原
- plot a small piece of land used or intended for a particular purpose:
She bought a small plot of land to build a house. 她买了一小块地盖房子。 a vegetable plot 一块菜圃
lot or plot? 用 lot 还是 plot？ - an open space
- open/empty/vacant/waste/derelict land/ground
- a/an empty/vacant lot/plot
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsc2The plots each measure 10 metres by 20 metres. 这些地块每一块长20 米，宽10 米。 They own a five-acre plot of land. 他们拥有一块 5 英亩的土地。 He was buried in the family plot at the cemetery. 他葬在公墓中的家族墓地里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- garden
- vegetable
- farm
- …
- work
- measure something
- a plot of land
Word Originlate 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 complot ‘dense crowd, secret project’, the same word being used occasionally in English from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
lose the plot
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to lose your ability to understand or deal with what is happening 迷惘；不知所措
the plot thickens
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used to say that a situation is becoming more complicated and difficult to understand 情况变得复杂起来