/ˈædvəkət/1
- a person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy拥护者, 倡导者：
he was an untiring advocate of economic reform.
他是个不知疲倦的经济改革的倡导者。
1.1
- a person who puts a case on someone else's behalf辩护者：
care managers can become advocates for their clients.
帮助患者排解心理及精神方面问题的管理人员可以成为患者的辩护人。
1.2
- a professional pleader in a court of justice（法庭）辩护律师, 辩护人。
1.4
- (in South Africa) a lawyer who pleads the cause of a client in the Supreme and Appeal Courts（南非）（最高和诉讼法院中为当事人打官司的）律师。
/ˈædvəkeɪt/
with obj.
- publicly recommend or support提倡, 拥护：
voters supported candidates who advocated an Assembly.
投票人支持倡导成立议会的候选人。
派生词
advocateship
nounadvocation
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French avocat, from Latin advocatus, past participle (used as a noun) of advocare 'call （to one's aid）'， from ad- 'to' + vocare 'to call'.