英语词汇“to play devil's advocate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. Originally: a person who pleads in favour of an evil cause. Now usually: a person who expresses a contentious opinion or adopts a particular stance chiefly in order to provoke debate or test the strength of the opposing arguments. Frequently in to play devil's advocate.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > action of causing disadvantage > injurious advocacy > one who

devil's advocate1616

advocatus diaboli1824

1616 W. Est Right Rule Relig. Life viii. 264 He is like vnto the deuils Aduocate, for he pleadeth for nothing but for the kingdome of Sathan.

1707 J. Lacy Warnings Eternal Spirit: 2nd Pt. 71 O, said St. Peter, that be far from thee, Lord; therein he was the Devil's Advocate.

1760 Impostors Detected II. 128 By..playing the true part of the Devil's advocate.

1885 J. Bonar Malthus i. i. 7 The father made it a point of honour to defend the Enquirer; the son played devil's advocate.

1887 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne ii Even the Socialist party regarded him as a devil's advocate, and washed their hands of him.

1920 E. C. O'Sullivan Mr. Dimock iv. 63 I don't wish to play Devil's Advocate, my dear.

1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 14 Mar. 616/1 I should like to be the devil's advocate and suggest that many of the reasons that..support a diagnosis of disseminated lupus might equally well be applied to the diagnosis of portal cirrhosis.

1999 D. Barford in R. Weatherill Death Drive ii. 12 The aim of this essay is..to play the role of devil's advocate, and to argue for the validity of Freud's controversial notion of the death-instinct.

单词	to play devil's advocate
释义	> as lemmas to play devil's advocate 1. Originally: a person who pleads in favour of an evil cause. Now usually: a person who expresses a contentious opinion or adopts a particular stance chiefly in order to provoke debate or test the strength of the opposing arguments. Frequently in to play devil's advocate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > action of causing disadvantage > injurious advocacy > one who devil's advocate1616 advocatus diaboli1824 1616 W. Est Right Rule Relig. Life viii. 264 He is like vnto the deuils Aduocate, for he pleadeth for nothing but for the kingdome of Sathan. 1707 J. Lacy Warnings Eternal Spirit: 2nd Pt. 71 O, said St. Peter, that be far from thee, Lord; therein he was the Devil's Advocate. 1760 Impostors Detected II. 128 By..playing the true part of the Devil's advocate. 1885 J. Bonar Malthus i. i. 7 The father made it a point of honour to defend the Enquirer; the son played devil's advocate. 1887 R. Buchanan Heir of Linne ii Even the Socialist party regarded him as a devil's advocate, and washed their hands of him. 1920 E. C. O'Sullivan Mr. Dimock iv. 63 I don't wish to play Devil's Advocate, my dear. 1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 14 Mar. 616/1 I should like to be the devil's advocate and suggest that many of the reasons that..support a diagnosis of disseminated lupus might equally well be applied to the diagnosis of portal cirrhosis. 1999 D. Barford in R. Weatherill Death Drive ii. 12 The aim of this essay is..to play the role of devil's advocate, and to argue for the validity of Freud's controversial notion of the death-instinct. extracted from devil's advocaten. < as lemmas
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