单词devil-s-advocate
网络: 魔鬼代言人；恶魔的代言人
When Carlson was in accord with his advisors, he might play devil"s advocate to see if he could support the opposite side with logic.
当卡尔森与他的顾问观点一致时，他可能故意为错误观点辩解，以便弄清他是否能通过推理来支持对立面。
Despite the misleading title, "The Devil"s Advocate" is a shocking and inspiring thriller, visually beautiful as well as thought provoking.
尽管片名具有欺骗性，《魔鬼代言人》不失为一部视觉效果一流又震撼人心、发人深省的影片。
This idea of the right brain as the "devil"s advocate" is further discussed in Ramachandran"s Phantoms in the Brain.
将右脑看成“魔鬼代言人”的观点在《脑中的幽灵》一书中进行了更加深入的探讨。
So let me play devil"s advocate and consider the positive case for buying a home right now.
因此，让我冒天下之大不韪，考虑一下眼下买房子的积极一面。
Having someone play devil"s advocate will strengthen your resolve and prepare you for those difficult interviews.
这些人的负面想法将更会增强你的信心并且为你参加难以应付的面试做准备。
Fukuyama: Let me play devil"s advocate on this.
福山：在这个问题上，让我来扮演魔鬼的辩护者。
But I"ll be devil"s advocate and ask, wasn"t it better in the old days when women stayed home to cook, clean house and have babies?
以往让妇女待在家里做饭，打扫并养育子女的岁月是不是更为美好呢？
"The Devil"s Advocate" is a story about some characteristically American values: ambition, drive, materialism.
《魔鬼代言人》的故事讲述了一些典型的美国价值观：野心，动力，物质主义。
the right brain, the "anomaly detector" or "devil"s advocate, " picks up on inconsistencies and challenges the left brain"s model in turn.
而右脑，所谓的“异常探测器”或“魔鬼代言人”，则会对不一致的地方熟稔起来，并转而挑战左脑的模式。
Mr. Summers organizes the meetings, usually picks the topic, and sometimes acts as a devil"s advocate.
每日经济例会由萨默斯负责组织，通常他来选择议题，有时候还会扮演唱反调的角色。