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

b. to play the god: to play the part of a god; to attempt to control people or events; to interfere in matters regarded as beyond the (appropriate) sphere of human influence.

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1578 T. Churchyard Disc. Queenes Entertainem. sig. Diij^v To play the God, fye foolish boy, leaue of these toyes in time,..Thou art not of the race of Gods, thou art some Beggers chitte.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 338 As her appetite shall play the god With his weake function.

1738 W. Robinson Poems on Several Occasions in Intriguing Milliners 67 Ingenious Hogarth..plays the God with all he draws!

1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. xiii. 491 His breeding and his eloquence..induced me to fancy him an angel of a man... For three months he played the god, and I fondly thought there was not such another happy woman as myself in all the world.

1851 H. Spencer Social Statics xxxii. 475 We are not to be guilty of that practical atheism, which, seeing no guidance for human affairs but its own limited foresight, endeavours itself to play the god.

1870 S. Winkworth tr. C. C. J. Bunsen God in Hist. III. vi. iv. 328 When Alexander played the god, his life and empire were forfeited.

1966 W. H. Stone Cave & Mountain xii. 322 Ronny, accused by his mother of playing the god and enjoying it.

单词	to play the god
释义	> as lemmas to play the god b. to play the god: to play the part of a god; to attempt to control people or events; to interfere in matters regarded as beyond the (appropriate) sphere of human influence. ΚΠ 1578 T. Churchyard Disc. Queenes Entertainem. sig. Diij^v To play the God, fye foolish boy, leaue of these toyes in time,..Thou art not of the race of Gods, thou art some Beggers chitte. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 338 As her appetite shall play the god With his weake function. View more context for this quotation 1738 W. Robinson Poems on Several Occasions in Intriguing Milliners 67 Ingenious Hogarth..plays the God with all he draws! 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. xiii. 491 His breeding and his eloquence..induced me to fancy him an angel of a man... For three months he played the god, and I fondly thought there was not such another happy woman as myself in all the world. 1851 H. Spencer Social Statics xxxii. 475 We are not to be guilty of that practical atheism, which, seeing no guidance for human affairs but its own limited foresight, endeavours itself to play the god. 1870 S. Winkworth tr. C. C. J. Bunsen God in Hist. III. vi. iv. 328 When Alexander played the god, his life and empire were forfeited. 1966 W. H. Stone Cave & Mountain xii. 322 Ronny, accused by his mother of playing the god and enjoying it. extracted from godn.int. < as lemmas
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