advocate

英 [ˈædvəkeɪt , ˈædvəkət]

美 [ˈædvəkeɪt , ˈædvəkət]

v.  拥护; 支持; 提倡
n.  拥护者; 支持者; 提倡者; 辩护律师; 出庭辩护人

过去分词：advocated　复数：advocates　现在分词：advocating　过去式：advocated　第三人称单数：advocates　

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牛津词典

verb

• 拥护；支持；提倡
  to support sth publicly
  1. The group does not advocate the use of violence.
     该团体不支持使用暴力。
  2. Many experts advocate rewarding your child for good behaviour.
     很多专家主张对小孩的良好表现加以奖励。
  3. The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors.
     报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
  4. The report advocated that all buildings should be fitted with smoke detectors.
     报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。

noun

• 拥护者；支持者；提倡者
  a person who supports or speaks in favour of sb or of a public plan or action
  1. an advocate for hospital workers
     医院工作人员的支持者
  2. a staunch advocate of free speech
     言论自由的坚定拥护者
• 辩护律师；出庭辩护人
  a person who defends sb in court

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /'ædvəkeɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'ædvəkət/. 动词读作 /'ædvəkeɪt/，名词读作 /'ædvəkət/。


• VERB 拥护；提倡；主张
  If youadvocatea particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
  1. Mr Williams is a conservative who advocates fewer government controls on business.
     威廉斯先生是个保守派，主张政府应减少对商业的控制。
  2. ...the tax policy advocated by the Opposition.
     反对党提倡的税收政策
• N-COUNT 拥护者；提倡者
  Anadvocate ofa particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly.
  1. He was a strong advocate of free market policies and a multi-party system.
     他是自由市场政策和多党派制度的坚决拥护者。
• 辩护律师
  Anadvocateis a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law.
• See also:...advocates for the homeless...Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.devil's advocate

英英释义

noun

• a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
  Synonym:advocatorproponentexponent
• a lawyer who pleads cases in court
  Synonym:counselcounselorcounsellorcounselor-at-lawpleader

verb

• speak, plead, or argue in favor of
  1. The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house
  Synonym:preach
• push for something
  1. The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day
  Synonym:recommendurge

双语例句

• He is a keen advocate of park-and-ride schemes.
  他是“停车再换乘”计划的热情拥护者。
• He was an advocate of universal suffrage as a basis for social equality.
  他提倡普选权，认为这是社会公平的基础。
• I felt that it was irresponsible to advocate the legalisation of drugs
  我认为鼓吹毒品合法化是不负责任的行为。
• He is an advocate of more airplanes and fewer warships.
  他是一个提倡多造飞机、少造军舰的人。
• Was there anyone particularly high in the administration who was an advocate of a different policy?
  政府中有没有哪位高层人物支持采取不同政策？
• The vocation advocate found the word "vocal" and "reciprocal" not in the vocabulary.
  职业倡导者发现嗓音的和交互的两词不在词汇表中。
• He was a political virgin when Mrs Thatcher picked him as Lord Advocate.
  当撒切尔夫人任命他为苏格兰检察总长时，他是个完全没有从政经验的新人。
• To act as an advocate for the prevention and control of diabetes in vulnerable populations.
  担当在脆弱人群中预防和控制糖尿病的倡导者。
• Mr Zulu is a dynamic and tireless advocate on behalf of people co-infected with TB and HIV.
  Zulu先生是一位充满活力和不屈不挠的结核病和艾滋病毒合并感染者利益代言人。
• Don takes the devil's advocate position and discusses this with Yael.
  Don这次带这一个魔鬼式的提倡者的意见和Yael讨论。