devil's advocate
- n.故意唱反调的人;故意持不同意见的人
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He starred in devil 's advocate as an ambitious lawyer .
他在《魔鬼代言人》中主演一位野心勃勃的律师。
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Her other notable movies include The Devil 's Advocate , The Italian Job and Mighty Joe Young .
她其他的著名影片包括《魔鬼代言人》,《偷天换日》和《巨猩乔扬》。
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Often the interviewer will need to play devil 's advocate in order to get a discussion going .
采访者常常需要故意唱唱反调以使访谈继续下去。
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If I may play devil 's advocate .
要是让我来说几句不好听的话。
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Let me play the devil 's advocate here .
让我来唱黑脸。
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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。
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Older tactics include the court jester and the devil 's advocate .
更古老的策略包括,规定一个讽谏者或者喜欢唱反调的人。
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Don takes the devil 's advocate position and discusses this with Yael .
Don这次带这一个魔鬼式的提倡者的意见和Yael讨论。
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Thinking for yourself , playing the devil 's advocate and asking questions were not encouraged .
自主思考、唱反调和提问题不受鼓励。
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It 's just in my nature to play devil 's advocate , even on both sides in the same day .
我总是会让人觉得我是在拥护邪恶的一方,甚至有时辩论的双方会同时这么看我。
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Facing front , they are direct , enjoy playing devil 's advocate and neither fear nor avoid discussions .
面对前线,他们是直接的,享受公平的魔鬼的倡导者和没有恐惧,也不避免讨论。
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Joe didn 't really believe the things he was saying in the meeting , he was just playing devil 's advocate .
乔不是真的相信他在会上所说的,他只是故意唱反调而已。
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Let me play devil 's advocate here for a minute and ask , why do women need to go to B-school ?
首先我想问句不该问的话:为什么女性要去读商学院?
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This is when you need to sharpen your communication skills to play mediator as needed or even devil 's advocate in many situations .
这就是您需要加强交流技能的时候,以根据需要扮演中间人,甚至在许多情况下故意唱反调。
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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。
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Mercury is the fastest planet in the solar system so this will be very brief , but it gives you a valuable opportunity to play devil 's advocate .
水星的迅捷让这一切发生的很快速,但是也会给你一个好机会耍坏。
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I thinkpeople that can be a devil 's advocate .
我想有人会唱反调。
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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?
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Two key steps are to invite experts from outside into meetings , and to appoint at least one person to the role of devil 's advocate – a role that should be played by different people in successive meetings .
两个关键举措是,从外部邀请专家参加会议,并至少任命一人担任魔鬼代言人&在连续不断的会议中,这个角色应由不同的人担任。
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It 's the CEO 's job to be the conductor of the orchestra ; find the missing puzzle pieces . Seek out employees who complement the skills of those already employed - every company needs a devil 's advocate , right ?
CEO是公司的指挥者,要负责找到缺失的拼图,找到那些能弥补现有团队不足之处的员工——每一家公司都需要一名“魔鬼代言人”,不是吗?
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She needs to feel it . She wants to talk to you about what matters to her and to feel that you 're listening to her . Not nodding politely . Not placating . Definitely not playing devil 's advocate .
她需要感觉到,她想跟你聊对她重要的东西,并且要感受到你在倾听,而不是礼貌性地点头、安抚,当然更不能唱反调。
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W : That 's kind of crazy . " So , from the companies ' point of view , though they are playing devil 's advocate here , they do provide jobs for all the people who are working to make trees into paper . What do you think they have to say about that ?
女:这样的举动的确是有点疯狂。可是在开发商看来,虽然在这件事情上他们扮演着坏人的角色,但他们为伐木工人提供了工作机会。对这样的观点你怎么看?