devil's advocate
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌdev.əlz ˈæd.və.kət]
- 美式音标 [ˌdev.əlz ˈæd.və.kət]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 故意持相反意见的人；故意唱反调的人
英汉例句
- Let me play devil's advocate for a moment.
让我暂时扮演一下魔鬼的代言人。 - When I went out to see "The Devil's Advocate" I was expecting one of the two "genres" mentioned above.
当我去看《魔鬼代言人》时，并没有抱有看一部超出上述两种类型范畴电影的期望。 - This is when you need to sharpen your communication skills to play mediator as needed or even devil's advocate in many situations.
这就是您需要加强交流技能的时候，以根据需要扮演中间人，甚至在许多情况下故意唱反调。 - To save time, I'm going to play devil's advocate and interview the author, Brigid McMenamin.
FORBES: Truth in Packaging - Likewise, assigning at least one group member to be a devil's advocate can have a positive effect.
FORBES - He played the devil's advocate on behalf of freedom everywhere, from the Oxford Union to the dinner table.
ECONOMIST: John Mortimer
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- Devil 's Advocate 魔鬼代言人;故意持相反意见的人;故意唱反调的人;追魂交易
- DEVIL 'S A ADVOCATE 追魂交易
- play devil 's advocate 便是抬杠的意思
- The Devil 's Advocate John Milton 魔鬼代言人
- The e Devil 's Advocate 魔鬼代言人
短语
英英字典
- someone who pretends, in an argument or discussion, to be against an idea or plan that a lot of people support, in order to make people discuss and consider it in more detail
- If you play devil's advocate in a discussion or debate, you express an opinion which you may not agree with but which is very different to what other people have been saying, in order to make the argument more interesting.
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专业释义
- 列圣审查官，负责指出加入圣徒者的缺点的教吏(天主教有死后追封人为圣徒的规定，审查时，由罗马教廷指定一教吏对候选人提反对意见)[亦称作promoter of the faith]