| 单词 | devil's advocate |
| 释义 | devil's advocate (once / 46533 pages) n WORD FAMILY devil's advocate USAGE EXAMPLESIt takes liberties with his story, makes him seem like an awful boyfriend, and at times plays devil's advocate to his politics. The Verge(Jul 22, 2016) It is a career choice he now regrets: "The publicist is a sort of Devil's advocate, because he sells products that are not needed." BBC(Jul 10, 2016) But against this, I sometimes wonder if there is not more truth in a kind of Devil's Advocate Theory of social change. BBC(Feb 12, 2016) n someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument Hyper arguer, debater someone who engages in debate |
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