devil's advocate
US /ˈdɛvəlz ˈædvəkət/
・UK /ˈdevəlz ˈædvəkət/
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idm.故意提出異議的人
She played devil's advocate to test the proposal thoroughly.
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- for Chris Chris I think your memo hit the nail on the head but let me play devil's advocate for a
對於 Chris ，我認為你的備忘錄擊中了要害，但讓我扮演一個魔鬼代言人
- but let me play devil's advocate for a minute.
什麼是道地慣用語？身為英文學習者你真的該使用它嗎？（What is Idiomatic Language? Should you use it?）
- "To play devil's advocate." This is both an idiom or a collocation, because we often use "devil's advocate" by itself as well.
它的意思是走捷徑。
- "To play devil's advocate" means to propose the opposite opinion.
所以，如果我們說一家公司 cut corners，意思就是他們在欺騙消費者，或者如果他們不依法行事，就是在欺騙法律體系。
為何各州力推在學校恢復草寫教學？ (Why States Are Pushing to Save Cursive Handwriting in Schools)
- But just to play devil's advocate, if you're a teacher and you've got, you know, a certain number of hours in the day and you have to, you know, science, math, you've got these other subjects that require a fair amount of time on task.
現在越來越多州正在這樣做。
- Just to play devil's advocate, if you're a teacher and you've got, you know, a certain number of hours in the day and you have to, you know, science, math, you've got these other subjects that require a fair amount of time on task, what do you prioritize?
只是為了扮演一下反方角色，如果你是老師，你一天有固定的時間，而且你必須，你知道，科學、數學，還有其他需要花很多時間的科目，你會優先考慮什麼？
如果不是氣泡... 為什麼會是圓的？ (If Not Bubble... Why Bubble Shaped?)
- So, to play devil's advocate, how is it possible that this whole thing is not just speculative mania?
如果大家都同意這是個保麗龍，那為什麼精明的投資人每個月還是投入數十億美元？
- So to play devil's advocate, how is it possible that this whole thing is not just speculative mania?
所以，為了扮演魔鬼代言人，這整件事怎麼可能不是投機狂熱呢？
停止使用AI語音助理！ (Stop Using AI Voice Assistants)
- But I think to play devil's advocate for a bit, another way to interpret it, and I don't know like the entire details, but the alternative thing would be that to process an individual request, because this email seems to be specifically about Echo devices, but not all Alexa devices are Echo devices.
但我認為，如果要玩一下 "魔鬼代言人 "的遊戲，還可以用另一種方式來解釋，我不知道全部細節，但另一種方式就是處理個人請求，因為這封郵件似乎是專門針對 Echo 設備的，但並不是所有的 Alexa 設備都是 Echo 設備。
- But I think to play devil's advocate for a bit, another way to interpret it—and I don't know, like, the entire details—but the alternative thing would be that to process an individual request—because this email seems to be specifically about Echo devices, but
我能找到的最好的文章是 Verge 的這篇文章。
米洛·詹金斯·文提米利亞驚險逃過雷神兄弟的衝浪劫難！🌊⚡️ (Milo Ventimiglia Survived A Hemsworth Surfing Trip)
- I'm gonna go I'm gonna I'm just just play devil's advocate and say no.
我跟你說，你跟Luke Hemsworth相處夠久，你就會覺得，好啦，酷，我們要做了。
新聞之夜「菜單之外」：美國該學學英國降低投票年齡嗎？ (NewsNight 'Off Menu:' Should the US take a hint from the UK & lower the voting age?)
- I do think to, just to be devil's advocate on it, I do think that there is a potential where if you're inviting people to be a part of a system that is already questionable and they already view as not necessarily completely beneficial, then you're creating voter apathy a lot sooner in these people.
我認為，如果你邀請人們參與一個已經存在問題的系統，而且他們已經認為這個系統不一定完全有益，那麼你就有可能讓這些人更快地產生選民冷漠情緒。
- I do think to just to be Devil's advocate on it, I do think that there is a potential where if you're inviting people to be a part of a system that is already questionable and they already view as not necessarily completely beneficial, then you're creating voter apathy a lot sooner in these people.
現在，其中一些原因可能是候選人並不引人注目，但我認為，嘗試新事物讓人們參與併成為我們系統的一部分，是值得探索的事情。
Windows 筆記型電腦到底怎麼了？🤔 (What's Going on with Windows Laptops?)
- Well, I want to play devil's advocate because as someone who's, like, fully Apple, you know, ecosystemed up, there are a lot of these, like, vertically integrated things in the Apple world that are, like, not supported to the degree they should be.
我個人非常喜歡 Android 勝過 iOS。
- Well, I want to play devil's advocate because as someone who is like fully Apple, you know, ecosystemed up, there are a lot of these like vertically integrated things in the Apple world that are like not supported to the degree they should be.
嗯，我想扮演一下魔鬼代言人，因為像我這種完全身處 Apple 生態系的人，Apple 世界裡有很多垂直整合的東西，並沒有得到應有的支援。