subplot

sub-,在下，plot,情节。

subplot (n.)

also sub-plot, 1812 in literature, from sub- + plot (n.).

1. Fleshed out the novel with a subplot.

辅以次要情节使小说更充实.

2. Their story is counterpointed by a subplot involving housewife Edda Barends, who is kidnapped.

同一时间,在城市的另一端,一位家庭主妇因不明原因被绑架,遭囚期间, 男子不断以拍摄其照片取乐.

3. If anything, the next Red Sox - Yankees series will have a subplot going in. Doesn't it always?

那麽下一次红袜和洋基的系列赛,是不是可能会有”其他的状况”发生? 不总是这样 吗 ?