marionette

Then slowly slide down the wall, falling forward from the waist—like a marionette with slack strings.

然后缓慢顺墙滑身而下，而腰部向前落——就像是松紧线牵动的木偶。

He doubted if this could be found unless the operator can transpose himself into the centre of gravity of the marionette.

他怀疑这个路径是否会被发现，除非操作者能够把自身直入木偶的重心。

The illustration that I use a lot is that we view life like a little marionette puppet, where you have these strings that run down to it, and we think that we are the puppet-master of our life.

我经常应用的这种错觉就是我们把生活看成是一个牵线木偶，有一些线绳牵制着它，我们以为我们是这个木偶的操控者。