| 单词 | deus ex machina |
| 释义 | deus ex machina in British English Latin (ˈdeɪʊs ɛks ˈmækɪnə) noun 1. (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot 2. any unlikely or artificial device serving this purpose Word origin literally: god out of a machine, translating Greek theos ek mēkhanēsdeus ex machina in American English (ˈdeɪəsɛksˈmɑkinə; ˈdiəsɛksˈmɑkinə; ˈdeɪəsɛksˈmækinə; ˈdiəsɛksˈmækinə) Latin 1. in ancient Greek and Roman plays, a deity brought in by stage machinery to intervene in the action 2. any unconvincing character or event brought artificially into the plot of a story or drama to settle an involved situation Word origin L, god from a machineExamples of 'deus ex machina' in a sentence |
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