proponent

英 [prəˈpəʊnənt]

美 [prəˈpoʊnənt]

n.  倡导者; 支持者; 拥护者

复数：proponents　

TOEFLTEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11978 / COCA.5744

牛津词典

noun

• 倡导者；支持者；拥护者
  a person who supports an idea or course of action

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 支持者；拥护者；辩护者
  If you are aproponent ofa particular idea or course of action, you actively support it.
  1. Halsey was identified as a leading proponent of the values of progressive education.
     哈尔西被认为是进步教育价值观的主要拥护者。

英英释义

noun

• a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
  Synonym:advocateadvocatorexponent

双语例句

• A stalwart proponent of tax reform; Never mind about him. He's a back number.
  对税务改革的顽固反对；不要理他，他是个顽固派。
• What answer can be made to a proponent of this view?
  什么样的答案才能支持这个观点？
• David Bonior, an Obama economic adviser and proponent of a more interventionist industrial policy in the1980s.
  邦宁是上世纪八十年代政府加大干预产业政策的支持者。
• But Ms. Johnson Sirleaf sided with the army, which was the strongest proponent of the quarantine and took the lead in enforcing it, especially in the first two days.
  但约翰逊·瑟利夫站在了军队一边，军队不仅是隔离措施最强烈的支持方，而且还牵头实施了隔离，特别是在最初两天。
• Are you an ardent proponent for animal rights? Through your research you learn that one of the company's subsidiaries does animal testing.
  你是动物权利的热心支持者吗？通过调查，你了解到该公司一个子公司进行动物实验。
• William White, former chief economist of the bank for International Settlements, is a leading proponent of the view that monetary policy errors, particularly by the Federal Reserve, have driven the world economy.
  国际清算银行（bis）前首席经济学家威廉怀特（williamwhite）是下述观点的主要倡导者：即货币政策失误，特别是美联储（fed）的货币政策失误，推动了世界经济的前行。
• At The French Laundry, Keller became an early proponent of a system of cooking known as sous vide.
  在法国洗衣房，凯勒成为一个烹饪各县随已知系统的早期倡议者。
• Also in individual countries he contributed a lot in foreign direct investment and let's not forget, he was a key proponent for African unity, so in that context, Gadhafi will be missed.
  对一些国家，他也提供了大量的外国直接投资，我们不会忘记，他是非洲联盟的重要拥护者，所以在这种情况下，人们将怀念卡扎菲。
• China is a proponent of the Doha trade round, India a sceptic;
  中国支持多哈贸易回合，而印度对这一回合持怀疑态度；
• But it did see merit in the proposal made by the delegation of argentina, that if the proponent of the proposals were listed, they could have a comparative analysis.
  但该代表团的确看到阿根廷代表团提案的优点，即如果把提案国列出来，就可以进行比较分析。