“sophister”在英语中的释义

noun

1. A sophist.

   • 1783, David Hume (ascribed), Essays on Suicide, and the Immortality of the Soul, London: M. Smith, Letter 114, p. 74, The same sophisters make it a question whether life can ever be an evil? but when we consider the multitude of errors, torments, and vices, with which it abounds, one would rather be inclined to doubt whether it can ever be a blessing.

2. (dated, UK, US, universities) A student who is advanced beyond the first year of their residence.