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advocate
[英] [ˈædvəkeit] [美] [ˈædvəˌket] 生词本

vt.

n.

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The verb is pronounced /'ædvəkeɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'ædvəkət/. 动词读作 /'ædvəkeɪt/，名词读作 /'ædvəkət/。
1. VERB 拥护；提倡；主张 If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly. 

  • 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。

  • ...the tax policy advocated by the Opposition.

    反对党提倡的税收政策

2. N-COUNT 拥护者；提倡者 An advocate of a particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly. 

  • 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。

3. N-COUNT 辩护律师 An advocate is a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law.  →see usage note at: lawyer
4. N-COUNT See also: devil's advocate; （为某一类人）谋利益者 An advocate for a particular group is a person who works for the interests of that group. 

  • ...advocates for the homeless...

    为无家可归的人谋利益者

  • 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。

Noun

1. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea

2. a lawyer who pleads cases in court

Verb

1. push for something;

  • "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

2. speak, plead, or argue in favour of;

  • "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"

法律

  • 1.辩护律师
  • 2.辩护人
1. An advocate for John could make out a case for him on this score also.
约翰的一位律师在这方面也能提出有利于他的理由。

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2. He got the best advocate in town to defend him.
他请城里最好的律师为他辩护。

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3. He is an advocate of more airplanes and fewer warships.
他是一个提倡多造飞机、少造军舰的人。

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4. He is just playing the devil's advocate with me.
他只是故意和我唱反调而已。

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5. I don't advocate doing such things.
我不主张干这样的事情。

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6. She's a staunch advocate of free trade.
她是自由贸易的忠实拥护者。

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7. The advocate has undertaken my case.
律师已接受我的案子。

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8. The strength of altruism lies in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness.
毫无疑问，利他主义存在于任何社会，而且道德准也普遍提倡利他主义或善良行为，而谴责自私自利。这也正是利他主义具有强大生命力的原因。

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9. They advocate the retention of our nuclear power plants.
他们主张保留我们的核电厂。

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10. We advocate solving international dispute by negotiation, instead of appealing to arms.
我们主张通过协商解决国际争端，而不主张诉诸武力。

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