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

• Advocates of the current system say this is the price for providing incentives for research.
  现存制度的鼓吹者称，这是为研究提供激励所要付出的代价。
• He is also an "Ethics of Revolution" and one of the modern advocates of the new morality.
  他也是“伦理革命”的发动者和现代新道德的倡导者之一。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The author advocates improving education and management ways, innovating activity carriers and perfecting work mechanism.
  改进教育管理方法和手段，创新活动载体，完善工作机制。
• 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。
• Nurses can also act as advocates for unsafe situations and practices, such as corporal punishment.
  护士也可以为如体罚等不安全的情况和做法作辩护。