devil's advocate

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who debates from a viewpoint which one may not actually hold, usually to determine its validity or simply for the sake of argument. idiomatic
    — I don't really believe all that – I was just playing devil's advocate.
  2. A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate. historical
动词 v.
  1. To play devil's advocate. informal,intransitive
    — Disclaimer: people shouldn't take things I say too personally, I'm often a bit blunt and like to devil's advocate and debate things (another part of this is that I've typically not bothered to post on things that are correct, but to correct things when they're wrong... if you take everything I don't respond to as an affirmation, I'm extremely nice:)

词形变化

devil's advocates plural devil's advocates present,singular,third-person devil's advocating participle,present devil's advocated participle,past devil's advocated past

词源

词源 1
Calque of Latin advocātus diabolī (“the devil’s advocate”), a popular title given to the officer dealing with the canonization process in the 16th c.
词源 2
Calque of Latin advocātus diabolī (“the devil’s advocate”), a popular title given to the officer dealing with the canonization process in the 16th c.
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