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单词 to play god
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to play God
g. to play God: to act as if one were God; to attempt to control people or events; to interfere in matters regarded as beyond the (appropriate) sphere of human influence. Cf. to play the god at Phrases 4b.
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1904 E. Phillpotts Amer. Prisoner iii. xi. 353 Sold the whole of 'em..played God and Fate—for two hundred pound—and liberty.
1922 Mexia (Texas) Evening News 17 Oct. 4/4 Here he begins the game of playing God to life's unfortunates.
1989 M. G. Field Success & Crisis in National Health Syst. Introd. 2 The decisions to ‘turn the machine off’ or ‘to play God’, that is deliberately choosing who is going to live and who is going to die.
2007 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 1 Dec. (Q weekend section) 21/1 (heading) Her job is to help families in their darkest hours, but some accuse her of playing God.
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