sophistry
英 ['sɒfɪstrɪ]
美 ['sɑfɪstri]
GRE
1、sophist, the earlier form is sophister.
2、sophister => sophistr- + -y.
3、sophister + -y => sophistery => sophistry.
- 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].
- 1. Political selection is more dependent on sophistry and less on economic literacy.
- 政治选举更多地取决于诡辩的能力，而不在于是否懂经济。
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- 2. I wasn't taken in by his sophistry.
- 我没有被他的诡辩骗倒.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Sophistry cannot alter history.
- 诡辩改变不了历史.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. No one can be persuaded by sophistry.
- 强词夺理不能折服人.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. His argument savo ( u ) red of sophistry.
- 他的论点有些 诡辩 的味道.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
