| 单词 | devil's advocate |
| 释义 | devil's advocateWord family noundevildomdevilessdeviletdevilishnessdevilismdevilkindevilmentdevilrydevilshipdeviltrydevilfishdevil's advocatedevil's food cakedeviladjectivedevilishdevilleddevil-may-careadverbdevilishly ˌdevil’s ˈadvocate noun [countableC] someone who pretends to disagree with you in order to have a good discussion about something 故意唱反调〔以加深讨论〕者，故意持不同意见的人 He would play devil’s advocate with anyone. 不管是谁，他都会跟人家唱反调。 Examples from the Corpus devil's advocate• He is not a negotiator or a devil's advocate.• Well, he's entitled to play devil's advocate.• Somehow you have to play devil's advocate against your presentation and try to knock it to pieces.• Afterwards I continue to argue for rugby, feeling ever more like the devil's advocate.• Often the interviewer will need to play the devil's advocate, to put the other side's case forward.• Perhaps he should try to play the devil's advocate? play devil’s advocate• Well, he's entitled to play devil's advocate.• Somehow you have to play devil's advocate against your presentation and try to knock it to pieces. |
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