apologist
/əˈpɒlədʒɪst/noun
- a person who offers an argument in defence of something controversial辩解者, 辩护者：
an enthusiastic apologist for fascism in the 1920s.
一位20世纪20年代狂热的法西斯主义辩护者。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from French apologiste, from Greek apologizesthai 'give an account' （see APOLOGIZE）.