straw man

straw man.

1. A fictitious person, esp. one that is weak or flawed.

2. A tenuous and exaggerated counterargument that an advocate puts forward for the sole purpose of disproving it. — Also termed straw-man argument.

3. A third party used in some transactions as a temporary transferee to allow the principal parties to accomplish something that is otherwise impermissible. Cf. DUMMY.

4. A person hired to post a worthless bail bond for the release of an accused. — Also termed stramineus homo. See MEN OF STRAW.

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译员Bernardine，毕业于英国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与医疗保健及生命科学有关的法律文件。