单词 | sophist |
释义 | Word Frequency sophist(ˈsɒfɪst) noun 1. (often capital) one of the pre-Socratic philosophers who were itinerant professional teachers of oratory and argument and who were prepared to enter into debate on any matter however specious 2. a person who uses clever or quibbling arguments that are fundamentally unsound Word origin C16: from Latin sophista, from Greek sophistēs a wise man, from sophizesthai to act craftily |
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