devil's advocate
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?dev.?lz ??d.v?.k?t]
- 美式音標(biāo) [?dev.?lz ??d.v?.k?t]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- 故意持相反意見(jiàn)的人；故意唱反調(diào)的人
英漢例句
- Let me play devil's advocate for a moment.
讓我暫時(shí)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.
當(dāng)我去看《魔鬼代言人》時(shí)，并沒(méi)有抱有看一部超出上述兩種類型范疇電影的期望。 - This is when you need to sharpen your communication skills to play mediator as needed or even devil's advocate in many situations.
這就是您需要加強(qiáng)交流技能的時(shí)候，以根據(jù)需要扮演中間人，甚至在許多情況下故意唱反調(diào)。 - 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
雙語(yǔ)例句
權(quán)威例句
詞組短語(yǔ)
- Devil 's Advocate 魔鬼代言人;故意持相反意見(jiàn)的人;故意唱反調(diào)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
短語(yǔ)
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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專業(yè)釋義
- 列圣審查官，負(fù)責(zé)指出加入圣徒者的缺點(diǎn)的教吏(天主教有死后追封人為圣徒的規(guī)定，審查時(shí)，由羅馬教廷指定一教吏對(duì)候選人提反對(duì)意見(jiàn))[亦稱作promoter of the faith]