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Advocate Person S N Count 可数名词 Reform Strong Outdoor

英语单词 advocate
英美音标 英 ['ædvəkeɪt] 美 ['ædvəkeɪt]
中文释义 v.提倡;主张
n.拥护者;提倡者;律师;辩护者
英语例句 (1) Many educators advocate a liberal education.
(2) We don't advocate learning by rote.
(3) Many people advocate building more hospitals.
(4) We advocate higher salaries for teachers.
(5) She is a passionate advocate of education reform.
(6) This judge is a strong advocate of prison reform.
(7) The advocate has undertaken my case.
中文例句 (1) 很多教育家提倡通才教育。
(2) 死记硬背的学习方法,我们是不提倡的。
(3) 许多人主张增设医院。
(4) 我们主张涨老师的工资。
(5) 她是一名教育改革的热情拥护者。
(6) 这位法官是监狱改革的坚决拥护者。
(7) 律师己接受我的案子。
vocabulary简明 An advocate (AD-və-kit) is someone who supports a cause, like an advocate for outdoor recess. Advocate (AD-və-kate) is also a verb meaning to speak in favor of, so you can advocate for that outdoor recess by urging your school to play outside!
vocabulary扩展 As a noun, an advocate is a person who represents another person’s interests, like a lawyer does. In fact, the word comes from the courtroom – it’s from Latin advocare, to “add” a “voice.” To advocate is to add a voice of support to a cause or person. An advocate is anyone who adds that voice by representing another person in court, or by supporting or working toward a particular course of action.
柯林斯解释
The verb is pronounced /'ædvəkeɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'ædvəkət/. 动词读作 /'ædvəkeɪt/,名词读作 /'ædvəkət/。
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[VERB 动词]拥护;提倡;主张 If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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。

  • ...the tax policy advocated by the Opposition.

    反对党提倡的税收政策

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]拥护者;提倡者 An advocate of a particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly.
  [oft N of n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]辩护律师 An advocate is a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law. →see usage note at:
lawyer
  [LEGAL 法律]
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    [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:
    devil's advocate
    (为某一类人)谋利益者 An advocate for a particular group is a person who works for the interests of that group.
      [with supp]
      [AM 美]
    • ...advocates for the homeless...

      为无家可归的人谋利益者

    • Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.

      动物权利保护者指出动物园实际上是动物的牢笼,经常很残酷地对待动物。

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