柯林斯詞典devil's advocate 1. N-UNCOUNT If you play devil's advocate in a discussion or debate, you express an opinion which you may not agree with but which is very different to what other people have been saying, in order to make the argument more interesting. 故意唱反調(diào)的人[also with det] 返回 devil's advocate劍橋詞典someone who pretends , in an argument or discussion , to be against an idea or plan that a lot of people support , in order to make people discuss and consider it in more detail 假意反對的人，故意唱反調(diào)的人 I don't really believe all that - I was just playing devil's advocate . 我竝不完全相信那些——我衹是故意唱反調(diào)而已。 返回 devil's advocate