a plotter of [something]
此义指人,多含贬义;指设备时是“绘图仪”。
The police arrested a plotter of the failed coup.
警方逮捕了策划未遂政变的人。
密谋者;策划者
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密谋者;策划者
a person who schemes
The police arrested a plotter of the failed coup.
警方逮捕了策划未遂政变的人。
密谋者;策划者。
A person who plots.
制定个人行动计划的人
a planner who draws up a personal scheme of action
用笔在纸上绘制图表和图像的输出设备。
An output device that draws graphs and other pictorial images on paper, sometimes using attached pens.
在图表上标记数据的职员
a clerk who marks data on a chart
The police arrested the plotter before he could carry out his plan.
警方在他实施计划之前逮捕了这名密谋者。
In the story, the main character discovers that her quiet neighbor is the real plotter.
故事中,主人公发现她那位安静的邻居才是真正的策划者。
The plotters met in secret to discuss their next move.
密谋者们秘密会面,讨论下一步行动。
此义指人,多含贬义;指设备时是“绘图仪”。
The police arrested a plotter of the failed coup.
警方逮捕了策划未遂政变的人。
She was the plotter behind the scheme.
她是这个阴谋的幕后策划者。
A plotter who betrays the group will be punished.
背叛组织的密谋者将受到惩罚。
Not this
The movie has an interesting plotter.
Use this
The movie has an interesting plot.
「plotter」是名词,指“密谋者/绘图仪”等,并不表示“情节”;“plot”作名词才指“情节、阴谋”。这里想说电影情节有趣,应使用“plot”。
Not this
He plotter to escape from prison.
Use this
He plotted to escape from prison.
「plotter」是名词,不能当动词用;表示“密谋、策划”要用动词“plot”,其过去式为“plotted”。因此应把“plotter”改为“plotted”。
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政变策划者
The coup plotters were arrested before they could take power.
政变策划者在夺取政权之前就被逮捕了。
涉嫌的策划者
The alleged plotter denied any involvement in the fraud.
这名涉嫌的策划者否认参与这起欺诈案。
图形绘图仪
A graph plotter draws detailed charts from computer data.
图形绘图仪根据电脑数据绘制详细图表。
笔式绘图仪
The pen plotter uses colored pens to create diagrams.
笔式绘图仪用彩色笔绘制图表。
切割绘图仪
The cutting plotter cuts vinyl precisely for the shop signs.
切割绘图仪精确地切割用于店铺标牌的乙烯基材料。
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想象plotter在密室里摊开一张plot(阴谋/图纸)——它既指密谋者、策划者,也指把图线标绘出来的绘图仪。
语域:neutral 常见场景:news reporting、historical accounts、political discussion 表示“密谋者/策划者”时,plotter 多用于新闻报道、历史叙述或政治讨论,语气比较正式、偏书面;日常口语中较少见,更常用 conspirator。它常指参与秘密计划或阴谋的人。
这些词都以 -otter 结尾,在美式英语中与 plotter 押韵,读作 /ɑtɚ/。注意:platter /ˈplætɚ/ 和 plodder /ˈplɑdɚ/ 拼写相似但读音不同;plot /plɑt/ 没有末尾的 /ɚ/,也不押韵。
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