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

• Let me play the devil's advocate here.
  让我来唱黑脸。
• 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。
• 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？
• He starred in devil's advocate as an ambitious lawyer.
  他在《魔鬼代言人》中主演一位野心勃勃的律师。
• 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。
• Two key steps are to invite experts from outside into meetings, and to appoint at least one person to the role of devil's advocate – a role that should be played by different people in successive meetings.
  两个关键举措是，从外部邀请专家参加会议，并至少任命一人担任魔鬼代言人&在连续不断的会议中，这个角色应由不同的人担任。
• 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。
• 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。
• I thinkpeople that can be a devil's advocate.
  我想有人会唱反调。