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

• Etiquette consultant Lett advocates a more formal approach.
  礼仪顾问Lett提倡一个更加正式的方法。
• 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。
• 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。
• China supports inter-culture and inter-religion dialogues in Asia, and advocates greater understanding and tolerance.
  中国支持亚洲不同文化和宗教的对话，提倡理解和宽容。
• 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。
• The campaign is drawing fire from anti-smoking advocates.
  该活动正受到禁烟倡导者的攻击。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Aristotle's poetics advocates the "dramatic unities ', the unities of action, place and time".
  亚里士多德在《诗学》一书中提倡“戏剧的统一性”，即事件、事件发生的时间和地点的统一。