Sub-plot
n. （戏剧、小说等的）次要情节
📖 牛津释义
sub-plot
n
plot of a play, novel, etc that is separate from but linked to the main plot （戏剧、 小说等的）次要情节, 从属情节.
🧩 词语组成解析
n. 补充人员, 部下, 潜水艇, 胶层, 订户, 傻子\\na. 附属的, 次级的\\nvt. 替代, 转包\\nvi. 替代\\n[计] 子程式, 用户, 代替, 减法器
plot
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n. 地基，基址图;（戏剧、小说等的）情节;一块地;测算表;
vt. 以图表画出，制图;密谋;把…分成小块;为（文学作品）设计情节;
vi. 设计作品情节;标示于图表上;密谋，暗中策划;
🗣️ 情景例句
if you're not going to be happy about it.
假如你会因为这种事而不快乐的话。
It takes time.
这需要时间。
She always referred to them as 'the shifting population', for they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names.
她称这些佣人叫“流动人口”，因为他们来匆匆，所以我甚至都没有机会知道他们的姓名。