devil's advocate

短语

唱反调的人; 故意唱反调的人

发音

AU

词形变化

devil's advocates 复数 devil's advocates devil's advocated devil's advocates 三单 devil's advocating devil's advocating 现在分词 devil's advocated 过去式 devil's advocated 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument.

    习语

    I don't really believe all that – I was just playing devil's advocate.

  2. 2.

    A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.

    恶魔的代言人

    魔鬼的讼辩人

    列圣审查官

    历史 宗教
v.
  1. 1.

    To play devil's advocate.

    非正式 不及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

arguer debater

词源

Calque of Latin advocātus diabolī (“the devil’s advocate”), a popular title given to the officer dealing with the canonization process in the 16th c.

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