straw man

American EnglishAmEBEAT/DEFEAT a weak opponent or imaginary argument that can easily be defeated 稻草人；不堪一击的对手；不值一驳的虚妄论点

Examples from the Corpus

straw man• And, like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine, he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down.• Whether Lorenz's critics were firing a straw man is unimportant.• The creationist position in the Origin is never merely a straw man to be knocked down.• The half-hour show uses these to the fullest, setting up straw man after straw man for Daria to demolish.

→ straw man at straw(4)

单词	straw man
释义	straw man straw man American EnglishAmEBEAT/DEFEAT a weak opponent or imaginary argument that can easily be defeated 稻草人；不堪一击的对手；不值一驳的虚妄论点 Examples from the Corpus straw man• And, like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine, he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down.• Whether Lorenz's critics were firing a straw man is unimportant.• The creationist position in the Origin is never merely a straw man to be knocked down.• The half-hour show uses these to the fullest, setting up straw man after straw man for Daria to demolish. → straw man at straw(4)
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