an act of God

基本解釋

You might call it an act of God.
你也許會(huì)將其稱為一種不可抗力。
One would have to appeal to religion – an act of God – to determine how the universe started off," is how he describes the objectors' attitude.
“一個(gè)人必須訴諸于宗教——上帝的所作所為——來(lái)確定宇宙是怎樣開(kāi)始的”，霍金引用反對(duì)者的這句話來(lái)描述當(dāng)時(shí)他們的態(tài)度。
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But Haiti’s vulnerability—and hence its suffering—is not just an act of God.
但是海地的脆弱，以及因此受到的苦難并不全是由于天災(zāi)。

It's God's uncompromising ethical standards that lead him to bring the flood in an act of divine justice.
正是上帝不可動(dòng)搖的道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn),才使得他發(fā)起洪水來(lái)捍衛(wèi)圣神的正義。
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Milton's implicit connection between his own birth as a poet and the birth of the Son of God is an act of hubris that I think a lot of his contemporaries would feel more comfortable actually calling blasphemy.
彌爾頓把自己作為一個(gè)詩(shī)人的誕生,與耶穌的誕生含蓄的相比是一種傲慢的行為,我認(rèn)為很多他同時(shí)代的人會(huì)覺(jué)得,把這稱為褻瀆更合適。
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 彌爾頓課程節(jié)選

Frustrated though they were, most travelers probably accepted their plight as an act of God.
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It would take an act of God to even have a balanced budget, nevertheless pay off debt.
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