时间:2019-01-07 作者:英语课 分类:英文语法词汇


英语课


  我们中国人用“及时雨”或“半路杀出个程咬金”来形容那些在关键时刻出来解围的人物,在英语中这样的关键人物叫做deus ex machina 。但是这个拉丁语太复杂了,所以我们来看看另一个简单好记的同义词:Ghost 1 in the machine 2


  Ghost in the machine源于拉丁语deus ex machina(God from the machine)。deus ex machina是希腊或罗马戏剧中的解围之神,可能当时的剧作家们写作时常常会遇到情节前后抵触、故事走进瓶颈的情况,就想出这样一个神,能够突然从天而降,使所有不合理的事情变得合理。在戏剧演出中,deus ex machina总是被舞台机关送到台上,专门消除剧情冲突或使主人公摆脱困境。后来,deus ex machina就泛指解围的人或事件了。


  据《牛津英语词典》记载,英国哲学家吉尔伯特·赖尔在他1949年出版的著作《心的概念》中用the ghost in the machine 来表示他所反对的一种观点:人类的思维和肉体是完全独立和分割的。显然这是赖尔根据deus ex machina进行的一种“再创造”,现在已经成为英语里一个不可缺少的词汇了。



n.鬼魂,幽灵
  • Have you ever seen a ghost?你看见过鬼魂吗?
  • He looked as if he had seen a ghost.他好象见了鬼似的(很惊慌的样子)。
n.机器,机械装置,机械般工作的人;v.以机器制造;(计算机)机器
  • I can't guess how to control the machine.我猜不出来怎样操作那台机器。
  • This kind of machine is out of date.这种机器过时了。
学英语单词
antistasis
antivampire
apples to oranges
arrow root starch
ascending arc
atmospheric center of action
automatic position
auxiliary-machinery
available field of view
BACL2
bcbs
Berggnie treatment
Biopar
briollays
Calycophyllum
came true
can't-wait
cease from
cement pipe
compressed powder
compression work
confirm primitive
convitious
crib mattress
cshesive bandage
curvilinear orthogonal coordinate
DC-10
de quervain's thyroiditis
defenser
demoscener
Dichlotride
dividend order
engineering swap transaction
etamyl
flexible organization
funny-ha-ha
fuse metal fire detecting system
gamblest
glomerular hemodynamics
grain carrier beater
graphite centre rod
hagrider
halkins
hiemate
high-recombination-rate contact
homization
horal zone
hrududu
jurist
kitschify
kotoracythere yangyao
laccate
legspinners
little bluestem
Lycium barbarum
manners of a prince
marine biogeographical region
MECN
membranae spiralis
midecamycin(mydecamycin)
multicomponent slag
negative polarity zone
Nitrimidazine
Parkman, Francis
pasture ground
photochemical reactivity
polyethylene naphthalate fibre(pen)
polygenesic
poonanas
preclinical medicine
Preset System
pro bono legal assistance
pry up
Puritan City
qualitative negotiation
quality plan
radioimmunoprecipitation assay
random allocation design
rhinitis tablet
Sapygidae
schame
schizoid type
Schweizerische Normen-Vereinigung
self-contemptuous
signal display
silicon (si) fet
small fort
Stijl, De
striddling
surfacespread method
thermodynamic gas scale
thick-film integrated circuit
threat vector
toxicity criterion
transfer tensor
two-plate-two-ring capacitor
utility-price
venae musculares
warranty bond
wave ogive
well-sharpened
wiren