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单词 deus ex machina
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
de•us ex ma•chi•na  (dā′əs eks mä′kə nə, dē′əs eks mak′ə nə),USA pronunciation 
  1. Literature(in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the entanglements of the plot.
  2. Literatureany artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot.
  • Neo-Latin literally, god from a machine (i.e., stage machinery from which a deity's statue was lowered), as translation of Greek apò mēchanês theós (Demosthenes), theòs ek mēchanês (Menander), etc.
  • 1690–1700

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
deus ex machina Latin: /ˈdeɪʊs ɛks ˈmækɪnə/ n
  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
Etymology: literally: god out of a machine, translating Greek theos ek mēkhanēs
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