dismiss sth as sophistry
as 后接名词,表示把某事物看作诡辩。
The judge dismissed the lawyer's argument as sophistry.
法官把律师的论点斥为诡辩。
似是而非的推理;诡辩
似是而非的论证或推理;故意使用看似巧妙实则无效的推理来欺骗他人的论证;看似合理但谬误或误导的论点,尤指有意为之;诡辩;[法] 诡辩;辩术
plausible but fallacious reasoning; clever but deceptive argumentation
似是而非的论证或推理
Plausible yet fallacious argumentation or reasoning.
故意使用看似巧妙实则无效的推理来欺骗他人的论证
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
看似合理但谬误或误导的论点,尤指有意为之
An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.
The lawyer's argument sounded convincing, but it was pure sophistry designed to mislead the jury.
那位律师的论证听起来很有说服力,但那是纯属为了误导陪审团而设计的诡辩。
用法提示:此处sophistry为不可数名词,指看似合理实则骗人的论证。
In the debate, he used sophistry to avoid answering the real question.
在辩论中,他用诡辩来回避回答真正的问题。
用法提示:此处sophistry为不可数名词,表示故意用巧妙但无效的推理欺骗对方。
The teacher warned us to watch out for sophistry in advertisements and political speeches.
老师提醒我们要提防广告和政治演讲中的诡辩。
用法提示:此处sophistry为不可数名词,指似是而非的误导性说法。
as 后接名词,表示把某事物看作诡辩。
The judge dismissed the lawyer's argument as sophistry.
法官把律师的论点斥为诡辩。
resort to 表示不得已或有意地采用某种手段,后面接不可数名词。
When he could not answer the question, he resorted to sophistry.
他回答不出这个问题时,就诉诸诡辩。
此用法中 sophistry 不可数,作表语,常与 pure、mere 等形容词连用。
Their claim that the data proves nothing is pure sophistry.
他们声称这些数据什么都证明不了,这纯属诡辩。
of 引出被指为诡辩的具体言论或说理。
Readers admired her essay for exposing the sophistry of the official report.
读者赞赏她的文章揭露了那份官方报告的诡辩。
grammar · medium
易错句子The politician's speech contained many sophistry.
正确表达The politician's speech contained many sophistries.
sophistry 指一套套具体的“似是而非的论法”时可数,复数形式是 sophistries;many 只能修饰复数可数名词,不能修饰单数形式。若指抽象的“诡辩”这一整体概念,则用不可数形式,说 much sophistry 或 a lot of sophistry。
grammar · medium
易错句子He always sophistries to avoid giving a clear answer.
正确表达He always uses sophistry to avoid giving a clear answer.
sophistry 只有名词词性,不能像汉语的“诡辩”那样直接当动词用;表示“进行诡辩”要用 use sophistry / resort to sophistry 这类动词加名词的结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子That is just a sophistry argument.
正确表达That is just an argument full of sophistry.
汉语可以说“诡辩的论点”,但英语名词一般不能直接放在另一个名词前起形容词作用,sophistry 也不例外;要修饰 argument 得改用介词短语,说 an argument full of sophistry,而不能写成 a sophistry argument。
sophism 多指某一条看似巧妙、实则谬误的论证或三段论;sophistry 更常指诡辩这种做法或这一整类论证,抽象、不可数的意味更强。两者有时可换用,但强调“一条谬论”时多用 sophism。
fallacy 泛指任何错误的推理或错误观念,说话者可能是无心之失;sophistry 强调有意用貌似有效、实则无效的推理欺骗别人。单纯指出“推理错了”用 fallacy,强调“想骗人”才用 sophistry。
sophist 指使用诡辩的人,是可数名词;sophistry 指诡辩本身(论证或做法),多作不可数。要表达“诡辩”这一概念时不能用 sophist 代替。
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