英语词汇“god from the machine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

e. god from (also out of) the (or a) machine: = deus ex machina n. [After post-classical Latin deus ex machina and its etymon ancient Greek θεὸς ἐκ μηχανῆς (see deus ex machina n.).]

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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [noun] > providential assistance

god from (also out of) the (or a) machine1676

deus ex machina1697

1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens iii. 304 As the Criticks in Rome upon the same occasion were wont to say, Deus è Machina; Now for a God from a Machine.

1735 Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. (new ed.) II. 484/2 The best expedient, when such disputes arise, is to have recourse to the secular Arm, like a God from a machine, in order to cut the knot.

1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn I. xxxi. 257 A gallant young member of that House..had appeared upon the spot at the nick of time;—‘As a god out of a machine,’ said Mr. Daubeny, interrupting him.

1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 1 (title of story) The god from the machine.

1910 G. K. Chesterton George Bernard Shaw 116 Shaw..disliked the god from the machine—because he was from a machine.

1959 Listener 26 Nov. 911/2 The heads of government of the Great Powers are not gods from the machine.

1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiii. 407 This gift which India, greatest of all gods from the machine, has just dropped into their astonished laps.

单词	god from the machine
释义	> as lemmas god from (also out of) the (or a) machine e. god from (also out of) the (or a) machine: = deus ex machina n. [After post-classical Latin deus ex machina and its etymon ancient Greek θεὸς ἐκ μηχανῆς (see deus ex machina n.).] ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [noun] > providential assistance god from (also out of) the (or a) machine1676 deus ex machina1697 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens iii. 304 As the Criticks in Rome upon the same occasion were wont to say, Deus è Machina; Now for a God from a Machine. 1735 Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. (new ed.) II. 484/2 The best expedient, when such disputes arise, is to have recourse to the secular Arm, like a God from a machine, in order to cut the knot. 1869 A. Trollope Phineas Finn I. xxxi. 257 A gallant young member of that House..had appeared upon the spot at the nick of time;—‘As a god out of a machine,’ said Mr. Daubeny, interrupting him. 1888 R. Kipling Soldiers Three 1 (title of story) The god from the machine. 1910 G. K. Chesterton George Bernard Shaw 116 Shaw..disliked the god from the machine—because he was from a machine. 1959 Listener 26 Nov. 911/2 The heads of government of the Great Powers are not gods from the machine. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiii. 407 This gift which India, greatest of all gods from the machine, has just dropped into their astonished laps. extracted from godn.int. < as lemmas
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