English Dictionary

Matrix

固有名詞

比喩的用法

(science fiction) A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.

日本語の意味

サイエンスフィクションの文脈では、「マトリックス」は多くの人間が接続される仮想現実を指し、しばしば知性を持つ機械が人間を制御・支配するために作り出した現実世界として描かれる。

Neo realized that the Matrix was not just a computer program but a prison for the mind.

ネオは、その仮想現実が単なるコンピュータプログラムではなく、精神の牢獄であることに気づいた。

意味（1）

(science fiction) A simulated reality to which many humans are connected. In some works created by sentient machines to subdue humans.

“The matrix has its roots in primitive arcade games,” said the voice-over, “in early graphics programs and military experimentation with cranial jacks.” […] “Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts … A graphic representation of data abstracted from the banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. […]”

意味（2）

(figuratively) A social institution or apparatus perceived as largely deceptive or illusory.

They claimed that Paraguay’s accommodating immigration laws have proved attractive to Germans who want to “escape the matrix” and flee the “deep state and one world order”.