| 单词 | advocate |
| 释义 | advocateWord family noun advocacy advocate advocationadvocatorverb advocate adjectiveadvocatory ad·vo·cate1 /ˈædvəkeɪt/ ●●○ AWL verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT] SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANto publicly support a particular way of doing something 主张，拥护，鼓吹 Extremists were openly advocating violence. 极端主义者公开鼓吹使用暴力。 advocate for American EnglishAmE ► see thesaurus at recommend Those who advocate for doctor-assisted suicide say the terminally ill should not have to suffer. 主张可以在医生协助下结束生命的人说，晚期病人不应当受罪。 Examples from the Corpus advocate• We were the only ones advocating for the victim.• Others still advocate genetic engineering of plants and animals as the greatest single technology that will feed the world.• The Law Lords ruling has advocated inequality resulting in some of Equitable's investors being treated far more favourably than others.• No one is advocating producing more of this material, as some fear.• Prevalent conservation orthodoxy advocates protection through production.• They advocated state control of all public services.• He advocates the instinct, the imagination, the unconsciousness, by means of the intelligence which he esteems so far beneath them ...• These were the people who advocated using force to stop abortion.• Some extremists are now openly advocating violence. advocate for• Volunteers serve as advocates for abused children. Occupations, Law ad·vo·cate2 /ˈædvəkət, -keɪt/ ●●○ AWL noun [countableC] 1 APPROVEsomeone who publicly supports someone or something 提倡者，拥护者，鼓吹者 SYN proponent advocate of She’s a passionate advocate of natural childbirth. 她竭力主张自然分娩。 advocate for an advocate for the disabled 残障人士的支持者 2. BOSCTa lawyer who speaks in a court of law, especially in Scotland 〔尤指苏格兰的〕出庭律师 → devil's advocateExamples from the Corpus advocate• Behavior, advocates of this approach argued, was determined by its consequences.• He is wrong, they argue, in considering a pro-choice advocate for vice president.• The club has vigorously defended the mayor against attacks by other disabled advocates who say Brown has done little for them.• The National Rifle Association and other advocates of firearms rights are expected to vigorously oppose these proposals.• He was noted for his prodigious memory, was deeply religious, and a staunch advocate of temperance.• Clinton was seen as a strong advocate for a variety of educational improvements.• The most substantive problem, which advocates try to hide, is that the flat tax is a sop to the rich. advocate of• She is a passionate advocate of natural childbirth. (1300-1400) Old French avocat, from Latin, past participle of advocare “to summon”, from ad- “to” + vocare “to call” |
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