the devil's advocate
基本解释
- n. 吹毛求疵的人
英汉例句
- When I went out to see "The Devil's Advocate" I was expecting one of the two "genres" mentioned above.
儅我去看《魔鬼代言人》時,竝沒有抱有看一部超出上述兩種類型範疇電影的期望。 - He played the devil's advocate on behalf of freedom everywhere, from the Oxford Union to the dinner table.
從牛津大學俱樂部到晚餐餐桌,他無不身肩自由使命高唱反調。 - 'The Devil's Advocate' is a story about some characteristically American values: ambition, drive, materialism.
《魔鬼代言人》的故事講述了一些典型的美國價值觀:野心,動力,物質主義。 - He played the devil's advocate on behalf of freedom everywhere, from the Oxford Union to the dinner table.
ECONOMIST: John Mortimer The