大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 devil's advocate


释义：

devil's advocate 故意持相反意见的人；故意唱反调的人

例句：


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。



Al Pacino in The Devil's advocate.

——艾尔·帕西诺(电影《魔鬼代言人》)。



Let me play devil's advocate for a moment.

让我暂时扮演一下魔鬼的代言人。



Di Stefano, 57, of Canterbury, is known as the "devil's advocate" for representing high-profile criminals.



To save time, I'm going to play devil's advocate and interview the author, Brigid McMenamin.



Likewise, assigning at least one group member to be a devil's advocate can have a positive effect.