steelman

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A male steelworker.
  2. A stronger version of an argument that one is about to critically analyze.
    — a "steel man" is an improvement of someone's position or argument that is harder to defeat than their originally stated position or argument.
动词 v.
  1. To repair flaws in an argument before analyzing it critically; to refute or to weaken the force of a stronger version of an argument than what was actually given.
    — I don't agree with the argument, because of 4. If I were to steelman it, which I may try but after work or maybe during lunch, I would first try to make it impervious to this assault:

词形变化

steelmen plural steel-man alternative steelmans present,singular,third-person steelmanning participle,present steelmanned participle,past steelmanned past steel-man alternative

词汇关系

相关词
Man of Steel Stalin steeler Steelers Steelman steely

词源

词源 1
From steel + -man. For the second definition, coined as the inverse of straw man.
词源 2
From steel + -man. For the second definition, coined as the inverse of straw man.
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