| 单词 | sophistry |
| 释义 | sophistry noun[U] formaluk/ˈsɒf.ɪ.stri/us/ˈsɑː.fɪ.stri/thecleveruse ofargumentsthatseemtruebut are reallyfalse, inordertodeceivepeople 似是而非的推论，诡辩术Compare sophismformal sophistication Debate & discussion
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Logic and reason Examplesofsophistrysophistry The mixture ofsophistryand sloppy research just described pervades the entire book. From theCambridge English Corpus I shall not repeat all thesophistrywhereby these positions were strengthened. From theCambridge English Corpus The part of logic that gives the rules of this art is namedsophistry, and its name is also given by homonymy. From theCambridge English Corpus Sophistrycontends that the human excellence manifested in charismatic or traditional authority, areté, can be mastered by the people through the exercise of the tongue. From theCambridge English Corpus I am mindful of past exercises by senior civil servants and thesophistrythat they employ on behalf of their political masters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It issophistryto pretend that the process of administrative decision-making is truly separable into preliminaries and the great act itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that we must pass that kind ofsophistry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He knows that it is puresophistryon his part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the kind ofsophistrywe have seen before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 His explanations of how he behaved in that regard have been dismissed assophistry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One can build off these little blocks—which all start with the simple block: love your neighbour as yourself—into a great cloud ofsophistry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Each year we have the depressing cycle of fiddling figures and engaging in accountingsophistryto try to meet the end-of-year balance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A defence of them is mere economicsophistry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The country will never understand the sophistries they will be obliged to resort to in the future to defend their position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is no more than a bit ofsophistryon their part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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