casuist meaning in English
n.
独断论者；决疑者；诡辩家。
Examples
- I was strangely surpriz d at his question , and after all , tho i was now an old man , yet i was but a young doctor , and ill enough quallified for a casuist , or a solver of difficulties and at first i could not tell what to say , so i pre tended not to hear him , and ask d him what he said
他这个问题大大出乎我意料之外。因为，尽管我现在年纪已很大了，但作为一个教导别人的老师，却资历很浅，我不善于解决道德良心的问题，也不够资格辩难决疑。我一时不知怎么回答他才好，就只好装作没听清他的话，问他说的是什么。