plot device

plɑt dɪˈvaɪs
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Translation of plot device from English into Chinese

Noun

storytelling

TECH.
element used to advance a story's plot
TECH.
情节装置 故事推进元素
  • The mysterious letter was a clever plot device.那封神秘的信是一个巧妙的情节装置。
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Examples of plot device in a sentence

  • The lost heirloom served as a crucial plot device.

plot device: Examples and translations in context

The novel cleverly uses a fictional book of wisdom as a key plot device.

这部小说巧妙地把一本虚构的智慧秘本当作关键情节线索。

He dismissed the love interest as a cardboard character, a mere plot device.

他认为那个爱情对象只是个扁平人物,不过是推动情节的工具。

As a plot device, these races allow the exploration of the human condition from the perspective of an outsider.

作为一种探测装置,这些人种允许研究人类的生存条件。

But physicists know that time travel is more than just a compelling plot device - it's a serious prediction of Einstein's general relativity equations.

但是,物理学家知道,时间旅行不只是令人信服的秘密装置,而是爱因斯坦广义相对论方程的严肃预言。

Joystiq's de Matos faulted the protagonists' lack of likability for him, and found the ambivalence between Michael and Trevor a tired plot device as their conflict grew into a "seemingly endless cycle".

Joystiq的马托斯指责主角缺乏好感度,认为麦克和崔佛间的矛盾是剧情机器,两人的冲突卷入"看似无休止的循环"。

McCay used a bet as a plot device, as he had previously in the Little Nemo film.

麦凯像他之前在电影《小尼莫》中做的那样,用了一个赌局来推动剧情。

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