它突出了戏剧的情节。

It sets off the plot of the play.

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在这些秘密被透露给主要角色之前，该戏剧的情节是一系列跌宕起伏的片段。

Before the secrets are revealed to the main characters, the plot of the play proceeds as a series of sort of up and down moments.

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作家正在酝酿戏剧的情节。

The writer is working up the plot of a drama.

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Pygmalion was then taken by George Bernard Shaw, who created a play based on a similar idea which was made into a musical, "My Fair Lady".

然后萧伯纳借助这个词，创作了一部情节类似的戏剧,后来被改编成音乐剧《窈窕淑女》

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