devil's advocate
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT If you play devil's advocate in 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. 故意唱反調的人[also with det]
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devil's advocate
剑桥词典
- someone who pretends , in an argument or discussion , to be against an idea or plan that a lot of people support , in order to make people discuss and consider it in more detail
假意反對的人，故意唱反調的人
I don't really believe all that - I was just playing devil's advocate . 我竝不完全相信那些——我衹是故意唱反調而已。 返回 devil's advocate