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
  1. 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。

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

• 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。
• Thinking for yourself, playing the devil's advocate and asking questions were not encouraged.
  自主思考、唱反调和提问题不受鼓励。
• If I may play devil's advocate.
  要是让我来说几句不好听的话。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Let me play the devil's advocate here.
  让我来唱黑脸。
• 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。
• 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？
• Mercury is the fastest planet in the solar system so this will be very brief, but it gives you a valuable opportunity to play devil's advocate.
  水星的迅捷让这一切发生的很快速，但是也会给你一个好机会耍坏。