the devil's advocate

辩护魔鬼的人:一个在讨论或辩论中故意提出相反意见的人
常用释义
辩护魔鬼的人:一个在讨论或辩论中故意提出相反意见的人,以便更全面地审视问题或观点。

例句

1·Al Pacino in The Devil's advocate.

——艾尔·帕西诺(电影《魔鬼代言人》)。

2·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。

3·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。

4·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。

5·To prepare him for the trial, his lawyer played the devil's advocate and asked him some biting questions.

他的律师从对方的角度向他提出了一些尖锐问题,好让他出庭时有所准备。

6·To arrange him because the trial, his lawyer played the devil's advocate and asked him whatever pungent answers.

他的律师从对方的角度向他提出了一些尖锐问题,好让他出庭时有所准备)。

7·You can NOT choose the following topics unless you have a very creative approach or want to be the devil's advocate.

你不能选择以下主题,除非你有一个非常有创意的做法,或想成为魔鬼的倡导者。

8·When I went out to see "The Devil's Advocate" I was expecting one of the two "genres" mentioned above. I got neither.

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。

9·With all the concerns about global warming and climate change one might ask the question, "Why don't species just adapt?" don takes the devil's advocate position and discusses this with Yael.

如果关注全球变暖和气候变化,那么有人或许会问这样的问题,“为什么生物就不能适应气候的变化呢?”

10·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》

同义词

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