devil's advocate

美 　英

• na.故意唱反調(diào)的人
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)魔鬼代言人；追魂交易；魔鬼的辯護(hù)士

英漢解釋

na.	1. 吹毛求疵的人,故意唱反調(diào)的人

英英解釋

n.	1. somebody who argues about something merely to provoke discussion 2. a Roman Catholic official appointed to argue against the canonization or beatification of a candidate

例句

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.

當(dāng)卡爾森與他的顧問觀點(diǎn)一致時(shí)，他可能故意為錯(cuò)誤觀點(diǎn)辯解，以便弄清他是否能通過推理來支持對(duì)立面。

Despite the misleading title, "The Devil's Advocate" is a shocking and inspiring thriller, visually beautiful as well as thought provoking.

盡管片名具有欺騙性，《魔鬼代言人》不失為一部視覺效果一流又震撼人心、發(fā)人深省的影片。

This idea of the right brain as the "devil's advocate" is further discussed in Ramachandran's Phantoms in the Brain.

將右腦看成“魔鬼代言人”的觀點(diǎn)在《腦中的幽靈》一書中進(jìn)行了更加深入的探討。

So let me play devil's advocate and consider the positive case for buying a home right now.

因此，讓我冒天下之大不韙，考慮一下眼下買房子的積極一面。

Having someone play devil's advocate will strengthen your resolve and prepare you for those difficult interviews.

這些人的負(fù)面想法將更會(huì)增強(qiáng)你的信心并且為你參加難以應(yīng)付的面試做準(zhǔn)備。

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

福山：在這個(gè)問題上，讓我來扮演魔鬼的辯護(hù)者。

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?

以往讓婦女待在家里做飯，打掃并養(yǎng)育子女的歲月是不是更為美好呢？

'The Devil's Advocate' is a story about some characteristically American values: ambition, drive, materialism.

《魔鬼代言人》的故事講述了一些典型的美國(guó)價(jià)值觀：野心，動(dòng)力，物質(zhì)主義。

the right brain, the "anomaly detector" or "devil's advocate, " picks up on inconsistencies and challenges the left brain's model in turn.

而右腦，所謂的“異常探測(cè)器”或“魔鬼代言人”，則會(huì)對(duì)不一致的地方熟稔起來，并轉(zhuǎn)而挑戰(zhàn)左腦的模式。

Mr. Summers organizes the meetings, usually picks the topic, and sometimes acts as a devil's advocate.

每日經(jīng)濟(jì)例會(huì)由薩默斯負(fù)責(zé)組織，通常他來選擇議題，有時(shí)候還會(huì)扮演唱反調(diào)的角色。

Solicit examples. Maybe even play devil's advocate, pushing the criticism back on itself, in the spirit of understanding it more fully.

要求給出例子。也許甚至是唱唱反調(diào)，本著全面理解的精神，把批評(píng)推回到其本身。

Don't let your inner devil's advocate (or that incessant but unimportant To Do list) inhibit you from dreaming big.

不要讓心魔（抑或那些無關(guān)緊要的“必須做的事”清單）阻礙你擁有大大夢(mèng)想。

Older tactics include the court jester and the devil's advocate.

更古老的策略包括，規(guī)定一個(gè)諷諫者或者喜歡唱反調(diào)的人。

Facing front, you are direct, enjoy playing devil's advocate and neither fear nor avoid discussions.

面對(duì)前面，你是直接的，喜歡打魔鬼的倡導(dǎo)者和既不害怕也不避免討論。

Facing front, they are direct, enjoy playing devil's advocate and neither fear nor avoid discussions.

面對(duì)前線，他們是直接的，享受公平的魔鬼的倡導(dǎo)者和沒有恐懼，也不避免討論。

The sinner plays devil's advocate, as will the devil on the Day of Judgement.

原罪者扮演魔鬼的辯護(hù)士，如同魔鬼在世界末日的審判時(shí)所為。

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

Don這次帶這一個(gè)魔鬼式的提倡者的意見和Yael討論。

Let me play the devil's advocate here.

讓我來唱黑臉.讓我來扮演壞人的角色

Yet, while panic is never beneficial to investors, it's good practice to play devil's advocate with investments from time to time.

當(dāng)痛苦不再能帶來經(jīng)驗(yàn)的時(shí)候，不時(shí)的同魔鬼的代言人玩玩是一個(gè)很好的練習(xí)。

Many Chinese people like to play devil's advocate in politics.

許多中國(guó)人最喜歡在討論政治時(shí)唱反調(diào)。

It's just in my nature to play devil's advocate, even on both sides in the same day.

我總是會(huì)讓人覺得我是在擁護(hù)邪惡的一方，甚至有時(shí)辯論的雙方會(huì)同時(shí)這么看我。

This is when you need to sharpen your communication skills to play mediator as needed or even devil's advocate in many situations.

這就是您需要加強(qiáng)交流技能的時(shí)候，以根據(jù)需要扮演中間人，甚至在許多情況下故意唱反調(diào)。

I don't really believe in capital punishment, I'm just playing the devil's advocate .

我并非真正主張應(yīng)該有死刑，只是故意唱唱反調(diào)罷了。