devil's advocate

devil's advocate

美 　英

• na.故意唱反调的人
• 网络魔鬼代言人；追魂交易；魔鬼的辩护士

英汉解释

na.	1. 吹毛求疵的人,故意唱反调的人

英英解释

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.

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。

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

尽管片名具有欺骗性，《魔鬼代言人》不失为一部视觉效果一流又震撼人心、发人深省的影片。

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

将右脑看成“魔鬼代言人”的观点在《脑中的幽灵》一书中进行了更加深入的探讨。

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。

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

这些人的负面想法将更会增强你的信心并且为你参加难以应付的面试做准备。

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

福山：在这个问题上，让我来扮演魔鬼的辩护者。

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？

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

《魔鬼代言人》的故事讲述了一些典型的美国价值观：野心，动力，物质主义。

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

而右脑，所谓的“异常探测器”或“魔鬼代言人”，则会对不一致的地方熟稔起来，并转而挑战左脑的模式。

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

每日经济例会由萨默斯负责组织，通常他来选择议题，有时候还会扮演唱反调的角色。

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

要求给出例子。也许甚至是唱唱反调，本着全面理解的精神，把批评推回到其本身。

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

不要让心魔（抑或那些无关紧要的“必须做的事”清单）阻碍你拥有大大梦想。

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

更古老的策略包括，规定一个讽谏者或者喜欢唱反调的人。

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

面对前面，你是直接的，喜欢打魔鬼的倡导者和既不害怕也不避免讨论。

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。

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

原罪者扮演魔鬼的辩护士，如同魔鬼在世界末日的审判时所为。

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。

Let me play the devil's advocate here.

让我来唱黑脸.让我来扮演坏人的角色

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

当痛苦不再能带来经验的时候，不时的同魔鬼的代言人玩玩是一个很好的练习。

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

许多中国人最喜欢在讨论政治时唱反调。

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。

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

这就是您需要加强交流技能的时候，以根据需要扮演中间人，甚至在许多情况下故意唱反调。

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

我并非真正主张应该有死刑，只是故意唱唱反调罢了。