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  • This kind of machine is out of date.这种机器过时了。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
Abbe's operation
abscess of peritoneum
Adana
additional extended coverage
antibiosic
Barden
biaxial plane
bicylindrical
blood gas apparatus
branchiostoma
cavity configuration
cedar seed shelled
Cheremnaya
circular logging
colonic polyposis
corrosion proofing
cunnliffe
curios
deltoideus
demand loan
electrical bandwidth
Electronic Check
elementary particle processes
entry of motion
equivalence of charges
expansin(e)
female breast
flasharc
Flyinge
foreign aid program
gaffins
giant sequoia
greenwich meridian plane
gutta-percha
hook hole damage
iridoline
kesars
keyboard interface
kinovic acid
lamplighter
lay sth. to heart
less-secure
lingottoes
macroblock test generator
magmatic front
makavejev
Mandl's solution
method of addition
midswing
mixed-bloods
Moscow Zoo
mrp
multiton
neutron interaction
non gyromagnetic
nonannotating
only too pleased
OSIE
palaeontologies
permanent irrigation
personal discrimination rate
phosphate rock deposit
plexus inguinalis (lymph.)
possible selves
principle of material interests
professional pedagogical preparation
radial pattern
re fire
reactor building spray system
region of practical stability
required courses
septaria(septarian nodule)
seventy-eight
shoe fold
signal wire
soigneur
Spiraea alpina
stake a claim to
stamped steel
staphycoccomycin
strontium acetylacetonate
subindexes
supercoilings
symbolic equivalent
talasspite
talk to death
Tarazona de la Mancha
ternary cell
thrift-shop
throw dice
tied oil
tiller rotro
tug at
under shelter of
ustilaginaless
value-enhancing
vicarious responsibility
walk-up price
weild
white zine paint
yoghs
zigzag stitch