| 单词 | deus ex machina |
| 释义 | deus ex machina /day"euhs eks mah"keuh neuh, dee"euhs eks mak"euh neuh/ 1. (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the entanglements of the plot. 2. any artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot. [1690-1700; < NL lit., god from a machine (i.e., stage machinery from which a deity's statue was lowered), as trans. of Gk apò mechanês theós (Demosthenes), theòs ek mechanês (Menander), etc.] |
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