devil's advocate

辩护魔鬼:为了辩论而支持不太被接受的立场的人。
常用释义
辩护魔鬼:为了辩论而支持不太被接受的立场的人。

例句

1·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。

—— 《牛津词典》

2·Al Pacino in The Devil's advocate.

——艾尔·帕西诺(电影《魔鬼代言人》)。

3·Let me play devil's advocate for a moment.

让我暂时扮演一下魔鬼的代言人。

4·Fukuyama: Let me play devil's advocate on this.

福山:在这个问题上,让我来扮演魔鬼的辩护者。

5·Let Me Play Devil's Advocate: Looking for a subtle way to critique?

让我来唱黑脸:想找一种婉转的批评方式?

6·Don takes the devil's advocate position and discusses this with Yael.

唐作为反方与叶讨论这个问题。

7·Now, start playing Devil's Advocate and challenge yourself to find the positive.

现在开始喜欢唱反调以及挑战自己寻找积极面。

8·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。

9·He seemed very sure of his arguments but I played the devil's advocate just to confuse him.

他似乎对自己的论点确信无疑,但是我故意跟他唱对台戏把他搞糊涂。

10·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?