cate Idioma

cateye

1. to stare at a woman/man with sexual intentions
2. a stud with many women

communicate with

1．send a message to；share or exchange opinions，news，information，etc．与…交往；与…保持通讯联系
The army fighting on the battlefield communicated with the headquarters every minute．作战部队同司令部时刻保持着通讯联系。
2．join；connect与…相联
Our school library communicates with a park by means of a gate．我们的校图书馆同一个公园有门相通。

dedicate to

1．give oneself completely to 献身于
She dedicated her life to the cause of education．她把毕生的精力献给了教育事业。
He dedicated all his life to the liberation and prosperity of the Chinese nation．他把一生都献给了中华民族的解放和富强。
2．write in honour of 将书题献给
The writer dedicated the book to her father．作者谨以此书献给她父亲。

play the devil's advocate

Idiom(s): play (the) devil's advocate

Theme: ARGUMENT

to put forward arguments against or objections to a proposition—which one may actually agree with—purely to test the validity of the proposition. (The devil's advocate was given the role of opposing the canonization of a saint in the medieval Church in order to prove that the grounds for canonization were sound.)
• I agree with your plan. I'm just playing the devils advocate so you'll know-what the opposition will say.
• Mary offered to play devils advocate and argue against our case so that we would find out any flaws in it.

Devil's advocate

If someone plays Devil's advocate in an argument, they adopt a position they don't believe in just for the sake of the argument

duplicate

duplicate
in duplicate
in two identical copies

educated guess, an

educated guess, an
A speculation based on past experience or knowledge, as in I'm not sure how much meat we need to feed twelve, but I'll make an educated guess and say six pounds. [Mid-1900s]

quadruplicate

quadruplicate
in quadruplicate
in four identical copies

quintuplicate

quintuplicate
in quintuplicate
in five identical copies

triplicate

triplicate
in triplicate
in three identical copies