vt.
n.
- 复数: advocates
- 过去式: advocated
- 过去分词: advocated
- 现在分词: advocating
- 第三人称单数: advocates
The verb is pronounced /'ædvəkeɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'ædvəkət/. 动词读作 /'ædvəkeɪt/,名词读作 /'ædvəkət/。
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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。
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...the tax policy advocated by the Opposition.
反对党提倡的税收政策
2.
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拥护者;提倡者 An advocate of a particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly.
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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.
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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.
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...advocates for the homeless...
为无家可归的人谋利益者
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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
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1. a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
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2. a lawyer who pleads cases in court
- synonym: counsel,counselor,counsellor,counselor-at-law,pleader
- Verb
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1. push for something;
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2. speak, plead, or argue in favour of;
- "The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house"
- synonym: preach
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。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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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