plot
单词辨析：
指屋子旁边种花、草等植物的园地。
There is a herb garden behind the house.
房子后面有个百草园。
The tulips in our garden are in bloom now.
我们园子里的郁金香已经盛开。
指地方政府划成小块出租的土地，专供人们种蔬菜用。
We rented a small allotment of land to grow vegetables.
我们租了一小块土地种蔬菜。
指供建筑或种植用的小块地皮。
They have a plot for building a house.
他们有一块供盖房用的地皮。
I hope to have a vegetable plot.
我希望有块菜地。
普通用词，指事前仔细筹划、安排。
Where do you plan to spend your holiday?
你打算在哪里度假?
We have been planning our trip to Canada for months.
数月来，我们一直在筹划我们的加拿大之行。
The police are investigating when he began planning his escape and who his accomplices were.
警方正在调查他何时开始计划逃跑以及他的同谋有谁。
He didn't plan to conceal the truth. He was just too scared at that moment.
他不是蓄意隐瞒真相的，只是一时害怕。
通常指秘密策划违法行为或针对某政要、政府的阴谋活动。
They had plotted to rob the bank.
他们曾密谋抢劫银行。
Why did the military secretly plot against him?
为什么军方密谋推翻他？
He plotted to overthrow the government.
他图谋推翻政府。
指为将要发生的事情作好计划、安排等。
The students wanted more time to prepare their exams.
学生们想要更多的时间来准备考试。
They were busy preparing for their honeymoon.
他们正忙着准备去度蜜月。
指将某事安排在某一时间或日期进行，通常用被动语态。
The conference is scheduled for next Friday.
会议定于下星期五召开。
His first book is scheduled for publication in October.
他的第一本书定于10月出版。
指为牟取私利而投机取巧或搞阴谋。
The evil queen schemed to kill the little princess with poison.
邪恶的皇后密谋毒死小公主。
He always feels that all his colleagues are scheming against him.
他总是觉得他的同事们都在算计他。
相关例句：
We can grow sorghum or maize on this plot.
这块地可以种高粱或玉米。
He was responding to reports of an assassination plot against him.
他正就有关针对他的暗杀阴谋的报道作出回应。
Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government
安全部队揭露了一起推翻政府的阴谋。
A specific plot to kill him was uncovered in the past couple of weeks.
一个针对他的暗杀阴谋在过去几周里被揭露了出来。
The Tories have lost the plot on law and order.
保守党人在治安问题上不知所措。
The houses are well spaced out, each on its own plot of ground and mat of coarse grass
房屋稀稀疏疏地坐落着，每栋都有自己的一片地和粗草坪。