sophistry
英 ['s?f?str?]
美['sɑf?stri]
- n. 詭辯；詭辯法
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?sophistries;
助記提示
1、sophist, the earlier form is sophister.
2、sophister => sophistr- + -y.
3、sophister + -y => sophistery => sophistry.
2、sophister => sophistr- + -y.
3、sophister + -y => sophistery => sophistry.
中文詞源
sophistry 詭辯，詭辯術
sophist,詭辯，-ry,學術，學問。
英文詞源
- sophistry (n.)
- "specious but fallacious reasoning," mid-14c., from Old French sophistrie (Modern French sophisterie), from Medieval Latin sophistria, from Latin sophista, sophistes (see sophist). "Sophistry applies to reasoning as sophism to a single argument" [Century Dictionary].
雙語例句
- 1. Political selection is more dependent on sophistry and less on economic literacy.
- 政治選舉更多地取決于詭辯的能力，而不在于是否懂經濟。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I wasn't taken in by his sophistry.
- 我沒有被他的詭辯騙倒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Sophistry cannot alter history.
- 詭辯改變不了歷史.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. No one can be persuaded by sophistry.
- 強詞奪理不能折服人.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. His argument savo ( u ) red of sophistry.
- 他的論點有些 詭辯 的味道.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》