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
- Two key steps are to invite experts from outside into meetings, and to appoint at least one person to the role of devil's advocate – a role that should be played by different people in successive meetings.
两个关键举措是，从外部邀请专家参加会议，并至少任命一人担任魔鬼代言人&在连续不断的会议中，这个角色应由不同的人担任。 - 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。 - Joe didn't really believe the things he was saying in the meeting, he was just playing devil's advocate.
乔不是真的相信他在会上所说的，他只是故意唱反调而已。 - But I'll be devil's advocate and ask, wasn't it better in the old days when women stayed home to cook, clean house and have babies?
以往让妇女待在家里做饭，打扫并养育子女的岁月是不是更为美好呢？ - 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。 - If I may play devil's advocate.
要是让我来说几句不好听的话。 - It's just in my nature to play devil's advocate, even on both sides in the same day.
我总是会让人觉得我是在拥护邪恶的一方，甚至有时辩论的双方会同时这么看我。 - 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。 - 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。