devil's advocate
英 [ˌdevlz ˈædvəkət]
美 [ˌdevlz ˈædvəkət]
n. 故意唱反调的人; 故意持不同意见的人
牛津词典
noun
- 故意唱反调的人；故意持不同意见的人
a person who expresses an opinion that they do not really hold in order to encourage a discussion about a subject- Often the interviewer will need to play devil's advocate in order to get a discussion going.
采访者常常需要故意唱唱反调以使访谈继续下去。
- Often the interviewer will need to play devil's advocate in order to get a discussion going.
柯林斯词典
- (讨论或辩论中)故意提出异议的人，有意唱反调的人
If youplay devil's advocatein 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.
英英释义
noun
- someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument
双语例句
- Facing front, they are direct, enjoy playing devil's advocate and neither fear nor avoid discussions.
面对前线，他们是直接的，享受公平的魔鬼的倡导者和没有恐惧，也不避免讨论。 - When Carlson was in accord with his advisors, he might play devil's advocate to see if he could support the opposite side with logic.
当卡尔森与他的顾问观点一致时，他可能故意为错误观点辩解，以便弄清他是否能通过推理来支持对立面。 - Let me play the devil's advocate here.
让我来唱黑脸。 - Let me play devil's advocate here for a minute and ask, why do women need to go to B-school?
首先我想问句不该问的话：为什么女性要去读商学院？ - So let me play devil's advocate and consider the positive case for buying a home right now.
因此，让我冒天下之大不韪，考虑一下眼下买房子的积极一面。 - He starred in devil's advocate as an ambitious lawyer.
他在《魔鬼代言人》中主演一位野心勃勃的律师。 - Thinking for yourself, playing the devil's advocate and asking questions were not encouraged.
自主思考、唱反调和提问题不受鼓励。 - Mercury is the fastest planet in the solar system so this will be very brief, but it gives you a valuable opportunity to play devil's advocate.
水星的迅捷让这一切发生的很快速，但是也会给你一个好机会耍坏。 - Older tactics include the court jester and the devil's advocate.
更古老的策略包括，规定一个讽谏者或者喜欢唱反调的人。 - Don takes the devil's advocate position and discusses this with Yael.
Don这次带这一个魔鬼式的提倡者的意见和Yael讨论。