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advocates

英 [ˈædvəkeɪts]

美 [ˈædvəkeɪts]

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
advocate的第三人称单数和复数

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.
    1. See also:...advocates for the homeless...Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.devil's advocate

    双语例句

    • Advocates of efficient market theory confuse a tendency with a law.
      拥护效率市场理论的人将趋势和定律混为一谈。
    • Someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle.
      反对现存文化的人;在政治和生活方式上极度自由的提倡者。
    • To its advocates, the Bric strategy offers a way out of this awkward-size dilemma.
      对主张德国加入金砖国家的人士来说,该战略为德国提供了一条出路,使它能够走出由自身尴尬的规模造就的窘境。
    • 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。
    • For this purpose, China actively advocates and promotes the Six-Party Talks process.
      为了这一目标,中国积极提倡和促进六方会谈。
    • He advocates a reduction in military spending.
      他主张削减军费开支。
    • Chinese youngsters have also been influenced by Western culture which advocates individuality and directness.
      同时,中国的年轻人也深受倡导个性与率真的西方文化的影响。
    • It advocates that the main means of learning a foreign language are imitation and recitation;
      学习外语主要的手段是模仿和背诵;
    • To build a community of advocates, you have to be able to talk to them.
      要想建立一个支持者的群体,首先要能够和他们说上话。
    • Rights advocates and media experts criticised the conference.
      权利提倡者和媒体专家对这次会议进行了谴责。