the devil's advocate
基本解釋
- n. 吹毛求疵的人
英漢例句
- When I went out to see "The Devil's Advocate" I was expecting one of the two "genres" mentioned above.
當(dāng)我去看《魔鬼代言人》時，并沒有抱有看一部超出上述兩種類型范疇電影的期望。 - He played the devil's advocate on behalf of freedom everywhere, from the Oxford Union to the dinner table.
從牛津大學(xué)俱樂部到晚餐餐桌，他無不身肩自由使命高唱反調(diào)。 - '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(zhì)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