| 单词 | specious argument |
| 例句 | Given the frank exceptionality of those numbers, there is a specious argument to make here about resonance and communion and what it means, qualitatively speaking, to reach huge numbers of people with your art. Can We Escape the Diabolical Clichés of Coldplay? 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z There is, of course, an equally specious argument to make about how mass appreciation of that kind should make us all instantly and severely wary. Can We Escape the Diabolical Clichés of Coldplay? 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Yes, this is a small house, and some of these voices would have struggled at Bayreuth or the Met, but this is a specious argument: we were at Longborough and it worked. Götterdämmerung; BBC Proms – review 2012-07-21T23:05:54Z Srinivasan refuses to resort to straw men; she will lay out even the most specious argument clearly and carefully, demonstrating its emotional power, even if her ultimate intention is to dismantle it. ‘The Right to Sex’ Thinks Beyond the Parameters of Consent 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Will McAvoy, the brilliant, feisty, fierce, dedicated protagonist, is making a specious argument. “Newsroom”: Aaron Sorkin does “The Daily Show” 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z Surely now there are no more specious arguments over the economic, humanitarian, political aims of Aid, Trade, Debt, Investment, Health, Growth. Bob Geldof: Gleneagles G8 summit was a triumph for Africa – and Tony Blair 2013-03-02T21:30:03Z KEY It’s a specious argument to say, “Well, our numbers say this.” With ‘Keanu,’ Key & Peele Break Into Feature Films — Kittens in Tow 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z I just find that to be a specious argument. This Season of ‘Homeland’ Was Written in Something Like Real Time 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z Since Chutkan said that she will give no consideration to Trump’s personal political agenda, Lauro had to support the silly suggestion with specious arguments about volume of discovery and average length of other cases. Why Trump’s outlandish legal maneuvers are backfiring | Harry Litman 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Democrats, meanwhile, stubbornly refuse to negotiate, which they justify with the specious argument that there’s no link between the debt ceiling and annual budget deficits. Opinion | Amid the debt ceiling madness, a lonely voice of sanity emerges 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z And judges are sometimes moved by specious arguments to the effect that ordinary charges are extraordinary. Opinion: Why the Trump indictment isn't as legally dubious as many claimed 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The publication in 1994 of “The Bell Curve,” which made similarly specious arguments about “race” and intelligence, was also met with mixed reaction. World’s largest body of human geneticists apologizes for eugenics role 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z “To say we will impose a solution on the railroads I think … is a specious argument,” said Johnson. Why alternative Interstate 5 Bridge replacement ideas won’t work 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z Judges at every level roundly rejected the president's fanciful claims, including a Trump-appointed U.S. federal judge in Wisconsin, Brett Ludwig, who took a rhetorical blowtorch to the Trump team's specious arguments about voting procedures. Opinion | Logic will get Trump out of the White House. But it can’t bring back normal. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Tiffany shot back that “LVMH’s specious arguments are yet another blatant attempt to evade its contractual obligation to pay the agreed-upon price for Tiffany.” Tiffany Deal Is a Signature Move by the Sun Tzu of Luxury 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z In 2008 and 2016, Hillary Clinton relied on the specious argument that she should be the Democratic nominee and ultimately president because it was time for a woman to be president. Democratic whining and identity politics 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z In the impeachment process thus far, Democrats appeal to and defend traditional constitutional norms while President Trump and his minions rely on lies, specious arguments and character assassination. Opinion | It’s Republicans who are attacking constitutional norms 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z And that, hopefully, will make it just a little bit harder for anyone to haul out that specious argument the next time some forward-looking presenter tries to pass the mike to an underrepresented voice. Why FYF Fest's cancellation feels like such a discouraging setback 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z The stage is set for a courtroom melodrama crawling with straw-man atheists, pseudo-introspective laments and specious arguments concerning the separation of church and state. A Christian critic wrestles with new biblical films and the hope of a better 'faith-based' cinema 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Yet the politicians who dignify it with specious arguments are making fools of themselves and harming America. A lesson in American greatness 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z So it's a specious argument at best, and in fact just more enrichment for developers and realtors as usual. The Great American Single-Family Home Problem 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Those specious arguments are distractions aimed at muddying the real issue: which waterways are federally protected. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z And Sessions made these specious arguments despite assurances from leading police chiefs and prosecutors that the bill wouldn’t increase crime. Trump's Nominee for Attorney General Is a Threat to Justice 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Farah had floated plenty of specious arguments in the past, among them the claim that gay men orchestrated the Holocaust and that Muslims have a 20-point plan for conquering the United States by 2020. The Problem With ‘Self-Investigation’ in a Post-Truth Era 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z But that specious argument could be used to ban all medical treatments for people with intellectual disabilities for any condition whatsoever. Please Don’t Take Away My Autistic Son’s Treatment 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z And it’s hard to get away with a specious argument in her presence. Jonathan Franzen interview: ‘There is no way to make myself not male' 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Here’s one of conservatives’ more “entertaining” strategies for proving their specious argument, from a chain email I received some time back, a painfully awkward attempt at satirizing the voice of a supposedly Democratic racist: “Democrats are the real racists!”: Inside the GOP’s pathetic & insulting response to charges of bigotry 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The next specious argument is that there are few Las Vegas natives and their allegiance will be with teams outside the market. Pro Teams Overdue in Las Vegas 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Merrill called the concerns over recruitment of black students a “specious argument.” S.C. college production highlights political battle between lawmakers, public universities 2014-04-22T19:11:28Z He knows how to cut through specious arguments on both sides of the energy and climate debate while keeping in target the bigger challenges facing the U.S. and the world. Energy Independence: A Q&A with Michael Levi, Author of The Power Surge 2013-05-06T10:50:25Z It may seem like a specious argument because it is up to a publication to uphold its own tastes and standards. Prince Harry pictures: the Sun's ethics are set by the internet 2012-08-24T12:52:54Z I would be surprised if the justices were persuaded by the specious argument of these amici. Today's Economist: Uwe E. Reinhardt: Awaiting the Supreme Court's Health-Care Ruling 2012-06-22T10:00:15Z Step by step the inevitable progress was made, and men easily found specious arguments to justify the indulgence of their passions. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Columbus had triumphed; he had for the time silenced the sneers and cavils and specious arguments of courtiers and ecclesiastics. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z To this end, the law’s opponents have advanced several specious arguments. Op-Ed Contributors: The Severability Doctrine 2012-03-23T00:43:51Z These specious arguments made an impression on the minds of the chiefs, and many plebeians, particularly those of Bigan, which is the capital of the province, and residence of the Bishop. An Historical View of the Philippine Islands, Vol II (of 2) Exhibiting their discovery, population, language, government, manners, customs, productions and commerce. 2012-03-03T03:00:18.053Z The old R. W. & O had stoutly fought these crossings; using one specious argument after another. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z Then, like the serpent luring Eve, he strove to decide her with specious arguments. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Unwilling as he would have been to confess it, Gonzalo still felt the sting of jealousy in the inmost depths of his heart, and neither reflection nor specious argument with himself could eradicate it. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z I advise every young reader of this paper, who is puzzled by the bold and specious arguments of the infidel, to study well that most important subject,—the Difficulties of Infidelity. Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians 2011-11-30T03:00:13.313Z He asserted too that the trade of a soldier is the most independent of any, and brought in defence of his assertion some very specious arguments. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z What specious arguments Charlie had used to persuade her I do not know. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z Scary charts of the time path of U.S. debt-to-GDP ratios -- many originating from the Peterson Foundation -- fill the media, along with specious arguments about how budgets affect national income. The truth about the deficit and Social Security 2011-07-08T01:01:00Z On the other hand, those who maintain that the bias of the British government leans towards a republic, may support their opinions by specious arguments. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z Carefully avoid, also, being induced by any specious arguments to attend evening lectures, unless he accompanies you. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z The suffragists, ignorant of that fact, or ignoring it, advanced in support of their proposition a series of specious arguments designed to catch popular opinion. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z I was on a radio discussion programme with him once, where he was sharp, witty and almost forensic in exposing whatever specious argument it was that I was propounding. Gary Neville's facial hair conundrum 2011-02-07T00:06:01Z He stood with all the artifices stricken from him, incapable of specious argument, of trick or wile of any kind. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Whether it is "traditional" or "modern" is a specious argument at best. A Golden Age and Its Heirs 2010-05-25T01:47:00Z The normal specious argument is, it goes to reliability. As a Hiring Filter, Credit Checks Draw Questions 2010-04-10T02:16:00Z It's a specious argument that President Obama's outreach to the Muslim world is inconsistent with a special relationship with Israel. 2010-02-13T00:31:00Z The few bright minds among David's pupils caught the specious arguments of the Captain, and repeated them to the others. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches "A specious argument," I replied; "but I own to you frankly I consider the incident a detestable one." Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance The spurious and specious arguments of employees in behalf of the custom and the timorous acquiescence of the public will alike yield before a robust and elemental Americanism. The Itching Palm A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America In 1850 his power of specious argument won back to him his Chicago constituents who had violently attacked him for not opposing the Fugitive Slave Law. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Why wait until Tom Tracy is on trial for murder, and then at the eleventh hour spring this delightfully specious argument? The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry They are brilliant, daring men, and I fear many of our adventurous young men are being led away by their specious arguments and schemes for future greatness. Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge Truly the slip-back from antiquity to the dark ages offers a specious argument to the atheists—the true and irredeemable atheists—who deny the reality of progress. God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' Marchmont's specious arguments sounded plausible enough, and the mate, who was a thoroughly bad lot and had plenty of the journalist's money in his pocket, backed him up in every particular. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts "Personal Liberty," a brilliant short essay by Leo Fritter, ably and sensibly explodes one of the characteristically specious arguments of the liquor advocates. Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 Let him be suspicious of all his reasoning and beware the cunning of the devil, who seeks either to allure or to intimidate us by his specious arguments. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent The latter opinion I must reject, notwithstanding Mr. Fleay's minute, elaborate, and often specious argument; but the opinion of the Cambridge editors seems to me to a certain extent sound. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 But against all these specious arguments we place the simple word of Jesus Christ, “How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.” The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit San Salvador was sighted on our starboard bow, the spot where Columbus first landed in the New World, though even this fact has not escaped the specious arguments of the iconoclasts. Due South or Cuba Past and Present After scattering a few of the showy sophisms which the orator of the opposition had constructed into his specious argument, I placed the war on the ground of necessity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 "It's unkind of you to overload me with debt and employ specious arguments to persuade me the load doesn't weigh." Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real But, at the foot of these specious arguments, there was placed a brief command that the weapons must be surrendered and that those concerned should take due note of their duty in the matter. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Like a poisonous serpent, it reared its ugly head persistently, to demolish in an instant her most specious arguments. Shoe-Bar Stratton Here was an incurable passion, based upon the specious argument that galleries and museums had neither consciences nor stomachs. The Pagan Madonna He urged this undertaking upon them with very specious arguments. Pyrrhus Makers of History His jealousy stimulated her, and his injustice and malice fired me to revenge, and supplied me with specious arguments of justification. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810 They did not excuse themselves with specious argument for their crimes of neglecting church-going, using bad language, hanging about bar-rooms, and loose living. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim This theory, explained and bolstered up with specious argument and sophistical evidence by the constable, rather staggered many people who believed in Levi. Freaks of Fortune or, Half Round the World It is another social phenomenon due to poverty and to a specious argument of protection to women in a good position. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals But, my son, if thou fear God, though they entice thee with specious arguments of nature, and necessity, and country privileges, yet consent not. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning His answer to the specious arguments of the learned is always an appeal to what it needs no learning to know. Dr. Johnson and His Circle His father appeared to applaud the ambition but actually discouraged it with specious argument and an introduction to Doreen—who did the rest. Men of Affairs The latter is at first sight an attractive system, and its advocates present many specious arguments in its favor. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 A specious argument might possibly be devised in favour of the latter’s identity with Willobie’s counsellor. A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles This theory has been advocated with much specious argument. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles To answer the specious arguments of their propaganda an association known as the Christian Evidence Society used to send out lecturers. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell They are supported by popular reasons and specious arguments, yet there is one test of the true character of such laws, an experimentum crucis, of which, in general, they cannot bear the application. An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition "I agree with you there!" replied the Toulonnais, quite gravely, as if struck by a specious argument. French and Oriental Love in a Harem His specious argument for the regulation of the evil "For some small matter for the license" is familiar to modern reformers in connection with other sins. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View It shows how a whole party can be carried away by the specious arguments of one scoundrel. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea But he is unrivalled in his power of proving that a specious argument has no real foundation. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 This is specious argument; xxiii but we might reply to Schlegel that an architect is only wanted when the result is required to be an artistic whole. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series Were such the case, how much less would there be of fine-spun theory and specious argument; how much more of practical truth! Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 Volume 23, Number 3 Maxwell laughed again at these specious arguments, but he could not refuse to be comforted by them, and he had really nothing to do but to wait for Godolphin's letter. The Story of a Play A Novel Charlemagne yielded to his specious argument, and Roland and all his followers died. Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French. The annoying part of a specious argument is that there's always some truth in it, and it seems like kind advice from wise friends! Everyman's Land What he did not know was that the smash, the solitary cell, and a weakened body were pushing me harder than any of his specious arguments. Branded She could not have borne more of those hatefully specious arguments. The Golden Silence A Greek philosopher was demonstrating by specious arguments that motion is impossible. The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism All these specious arguments on the precipitating causes of the war can be but for the display of brilliant forensic oratory and matchless diction. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe I know it now to be false, self-cheating, the apology that every beggar makes for himself, the specious argument that every poor man must resist who would hold fast by his manhood. Poison Island The true fact is, that when Bayle had only studied a few months at college, some books of controversial divinity by the catholics offered many a specious argument against the reformed doctrines. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Sharp used many specious arguments to induce Arch to become his accomplice in robbing the Trevlyn mansion, but the only one which had any weight was that he could thus revenge his father's wrongs. The Fatal Glove The specious argument that if a man is compelled to serve in the militia and defend the country, he should be entitled to vote, was his. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest They are not well informed concerning the Scriptures, and consequently are not prepared to repel the attacks of skepticism, nor to reply to the specious arguments or positive assumptions of the critics. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism And at last, as I had hoped, my foolish, specious arguments and apparent credulity irritated her to a pitch of exasperation. The Jervaise Comedy The latter were opposed upon the specious argument that such extended rights would constitute an imperium in imperio, and thus a condition incompatible with the safety and the conservation of complete control. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked All would be different if he went back to England, and he pondered over Allott's specious arguments. The Lure of the North Yet it very shrewdly plagued him, daring even to advance specious arguments upon its own behalf. Deadham Hard The evil lies in presenting these evils under such forms as may lead many to enjoy or tolerate them, giving them the additional power of a charming style and the specious arguments of fatality. Delsarte System of Oratory He could not any longer put the truth aside with specious arguments, for it stood out in all its naked deformity, making him cower and shrink before it. Ethelyn's Mistake Notwithstanding these specious arguments, and these sanguine expectations, it was apparent to every discerning eye, that the Goths would long remain the enemies, and might soon become the conquerors of the Roman empire. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 By no specious argument can he be held guiltless of the blood of those luckless victims whose dismembered limbs were left to fester before the entrenchments at Oswego. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 He was away from the clamour of tongues, from the poisoned clouds of sophistry, even from the disturbance of his own thoughts, incited by specious arguments to some form of reciprocity. The Pawns Count All which specious argument I made no attempt to answer, beyond repeating that he might avail himself of the usage, but that he must not look to me for corroboration. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 He strikes through the specious arguments based on any temporary advantages to be secured through lying, and rejects utterly the suggestion that man may do evil that good may come. A Lie Never Justifiable Why, first to quiet Louise's fears; then to turn her by specious arguments—lies, if you will —against Weldon; next to induce her to give me her hand in honest wedlock. Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society In defence of a bill like this, my lords, it might be expected, that at least many specious arguments should be offered. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11. Parlimentary Debates II. Sir, another cry raised by the anti-Unionists below is, that they would have to fight for the defence of Canada—a very specious argument. Canada and the States You were then much younger than you are now, and therefore could be more easily led by specious arguments and pretences. Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles Think you that your specious arguments will avail with Him who hath sworn in His holy habitation that He will avenge the oppressed and down-trodden of the earth? Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 The good arguer is not likely to be carried away by specious arguments or fallacious reasoning. Practical Argumentation Such specious arguments did the evil that was in her whisper in her ear, and she could not shut the whisperings out. Princess Maritza In our halt at Maestricht I visited Mr. de Beaufort, a learned critic, who was known to me by his specious arguments against the five first centuries of the Roman History. Memoirs of My Life and Writings The specious arguments of men confront us at every turn, in every book, in every society,—and it is not always that we are ready to meet them. Ardath It was they who had insisted with specious arguments upon an interview at this unseasonable hour of the morning; as for themselves, they would gladly have waited for a more suitable occasion. South Wind If he had coaxed us with specious arguments, as surely a liar would have done, that would probably have been his last speech in the world. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders That it works fairly well in France, and that there are specious arguments of theory for it, would not be sufficient to his mind. Lombard Street : a description of the money market The defence of the early History of Rome and the new Chronology of Sir Isaac Newton form a specious argument. Memoirs of My Life and Writings It must be acknowledged, that both sides of the question are susceptible of specious arguments. An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals Instinctively I felt that I should prepare for the worst, but I cudgelled my brain for specious arguments to make myself believe he had survived, and went on hoping. The Lure of the Labrador Wild There were specious arguments for taking the other course. The Girl from Keller's It was the specious argument that had lured him upon this rash enterprise, the hopes that he was confident would have fructified but for the interloping of Francesco. Love-at-Arms Their specious argument will not change my vote one bit. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 He then, by a specious argument, prevented her from going, and so had the chance for which he had waited. The Hound of the Baskervilles The face of Diana de Laurebourg turned deadly pale as she listened to these specious arguments. The Champdoce Mystery Many specious arguments have been urged against the retrospective law by which Strafford was condemned to death. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 He thought that his specious arguments—delivered with boundless conviction—had made some impression on the mind of the young man. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel Unluckily for Harmony, one of Anna's specious arguments must pop into her head at that instant and demand expression. The Street of Seven Stars |
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