an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
straw man 例句
英汉例句
the reader is left feeling a straw man has been dissected.
结果读者只觉得被他批得体无完肤的是个稻草人。
one might be to arrange for a straw man to win the election and then step down, paving the way for mr putin to return triumphantly in a snap election.
一种可能是安排一个挡箭牌赢得大选,然后辞职,为普京在即将到来的大选上成功回归铺平道路。
they made a straw man called a 「guy」.
他们编织了个取名叫 「盖伊」的稻草人。
they made a straw man and put him on top of it.
他们做了草人,放在了篝火上方。
nevertheless, an astute consumer of the news can catch many straw man and weak man fallacies by knowing how they work.
无论怎样,聪明的新闻消费者在明白他们的工作模式之后,能够找出其中很多的稻草人和病人。
second, find the biggest available straw man and then just mercilessly attack it. big bird didn't even see it coming.
第二点,找一个最大的稻草人,然后向他无情的攻击,大鸟甚至都看不到它在来。
whether or not this is truly an example of the straw man fallacy, i found it refreshing to see a student applying logical reasoning learned in another of his courses to the problem at hand.