| 词汇 | macguffin |
| 释义 | MacGuffin noun[ C ] theatre & film specialized(alsoMcGuffin)uk /məˈɡʌf.ɪn/ us /məˈɡʌf.ɪn/ something in a film that moves the plot (= story) forward but is not important itself: 麦加芬（指推动电影情节发展，但本身并不重要的细节） Most mysteries have a MacGuffin, an event or item designed to motivate the characters but which is actually just a meaningless placeholder.大多数悬疑片都有所谓的“麦加芬”，即为塑造角色而设计的事件或物品，但其本身不过是形式而已，没有什么意义。 Hitchcock described the "MacGuffin" as a meaningless, unimportant detail that solely existed to serve as a reason for the story to exist.希区柯克将 "麦加芬"定义为一个毫无意义、不重要的细节，其存在完全是为了作为故事存在的理由。 A MacGuffin is something that an entire story is built around and yet has no real relevance. The pregnancy is kind of a MacGuffin: it motivates her to realize her feelings for the man who fathered the child. The characters' literary obsession is ultimately a MacGuffin, since it's not what they do as a profession, but what they do with their lives, that the film is interested in. A MacGuffin's importance is usually debunked or forgotten as the story unfolds. Cinema & theatre: parts of plays, shows & films blooper reel byplay cold open costume coup de théâtre curtain call denouement dream sequence exeunt exit finale framing device in costume intermission interval meet-cute plot hole scene sketch wrap party |
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