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.
• 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

• 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。
• Martin created the nonprofit Ricky Martin foundation, which advocates Childrens rights.
  马汀成立了一个倡导保护儿童权益的非赢利性组织瑞奇？马汀基金会。
• He advocates streaming children, and educating them according to their needs.
  他提倡把学生按能力分班，因需施教。
• He dismissed advocates of a completely free market as economic troglodytes with no concern for the social consequences.
  他认为那些鼓吹完全自由市场经济的人对经济只是一知半解，完全没有顾及到可能产生的社会后果。
• The first step of the process will be to create a group of independent experts and advocates.
  作为这一进程的第一步，将设立一个独立专家和倡导者小组。
• 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。
• 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。
• He advocates a reduction in military spending.
  他主张削减军费开支。
• 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。
• His theory and policy advocates to promote China's economic reform and economic development.
  他的理论与政策主张促进了中国经济改革与经济发展。