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  • This kind of machine is out of date.这种机器过时了。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
agreed to disagree
Amott-Harrey relative displacement index
ampallang
anionic cycloaddition
anti-choice
atletico
Balbiani ring granule
baritt
be in the money
beatboxer
bismuth cinnamate
bituminous road
Calmatel
cardinalfishes
centre hole planting
clarendons
communication and information theory
compensator stand
computer aided test (cat)
convertible notebook
counting principles
cylinder bottom
data option
de die in diem
death angels
demultiplexor
detitanation
device history record
dimethylnorephedrine
dimethylthiambutene
effective leakage path
empanadilla
eudyptess
frozen food
gallery beck
gravity voltameter
hallie
heortological
inclinometers
intercontinental through-shipment
IR-amps
Japanese silk
Kawit Str.
Kebumen
Kelkheim(Taunus)
lameo
laminated molding
lane identification frequency
likeneth
lymphomatosis granulosa
macro instruction exit
manganese(ii) lactate
marine hydrometeorological chart
matter of expediency
Mauldin, William Henry
mirksome
mono-articular
monteere
neur
oculomucous
oleum Chaulmoograe
omni indicator
opener link
operation rate of machinery
optically pumping
Pinctada margaritifera
pinko-liberal
PMNN
quadricolor
qualitative and limited dependent variable models
redamnation
respiratory bronchioles
return tank
Romana's sign
rope-sheave
safety relief valve
screw together
Sella, R.
shipping receipt
sorce
sousa chinensis
standard rhodium-iron resistance thermometer
static-pressure tube
stavkas
stone root
supernatant(fluid)
swing-state
take set
temperature critical
thiohydroxy
three star problem
timber drying
under the lee of
uniform goodness of fit
urgent attention
vibroslices
well thought out
wicking action
windowfronts
woolly-haired
yakky
zoning rate of passenger