English Dictionary

deus ex machina

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmækɪnə/

名詞

広義 歴史的 文語

(authorship) Any resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and that is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author, director, or developer to end the story in the way that they desired.

日本語の意味

作品内の論理や設定に十分配慮されず、極めてあり得ない介入によって物語が解決される、いわゆる便宜的な解決策を指す。 / ストーリー上の矛盾や未解決の問題を、作者の思惑による予想外かつ衝撃的な展開で解消する手法を意味する。

Many viewers criticized the final episode for relying on a deus ex machina to resolve the conflict without any prior setup.

多くの視聴者は、最終話が物語の内的整合性を無視したご都合主義的な解決に頼って対立を前触れもなく解決したと批判した。

意味（1）

(authorship) Any resolution to a story that does not pay due regard to the story's internal logic and that is so unlikely that it challenges suspension of disbelief, and presumably allows the author, director, or developer to end the story in the way that they desired.

The repeated tactic of deus ex machina (without a deus) has a deplorable effect on both the plot and the dialogue.

意味（2）

(by extension) A contrived solution to a problem, relying on an agent external to the situation.

Handler’s bad advice for generals […] is mostly notable as the most extreme expression of peculiar pleas by Trump opponents who seek some deus ex machina that will stop the president: generals simply disobeying the president, other civil servants refusing to follow through on orders, or even the invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.

意味（3）

(historical, literary) A deity in Greek and Roman drama who was brought in by stage machinery to intervene in a difficult situation (i.e., to resolve a crisis, or untangle issues surrounding it, a character logically expected to do so).

I was going to wait for Monsieur Hyppolyte and, like a craven, hand the whole thing over to him. Let the deus ex machina fly in out of the clouds...

意味（4）

(historical) A machine used to bring an actor playing a god onto the stage, either up through a trapdoor or (e.g. by crane) from above.

dei ex machina （ plural ）

dei ex machinis （ plural ）

deus ex machinas （ plural ）