强词夺理 meaning in Chinese
use lame arguments and perverted logic; chop logic; distort the right and talk speciously; exaggerate by rhetoric; one's words are overbearing and (he) distorts reason.; pervert reason; reason fallaciously; resort to sophistry in self-justification; snatch a victory in argument; swear black is white; argue irrationally; turn things upside down by a stretch of the language; twist one's principles in order to finish an argument
Examples
- No one can be persuaded by sophistry .
强词夺理不能折服人。 - There was a sophisticated case for this policy .
关于这个政策，还存在着一种强词夺理的见解。 - Lawyers are easily suspected of special pleading
律师很容易被人怀疑强词夺理 - Objection . argumentative . - sustained
反对，强词夺理-反对有效 - They rudely try to wheedle extras or get the bull reduced
他们强词夺理，就是想讨些特惠或打点折扣。