advocate

柯林斯詞典

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1. V-T If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly. 提倡[正式]
Mr. Williams is a conservative who advocates fewer government controls on business. 威廉斯先生是一位提倡減少政府對商業(yè)的控制的保守人士。
2. N-COUNT An advocate of a particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly. 倡導(dǎo)者[正式]
He was a strong advocate of free market policies and a multi-party system. 他是自由市場政策以及多黨制的堅定倡導(dǎo)者。
3. N-COUNT An advocate for a particular group is a person who works for the interests of that group. 爲 (某團躰) 謀利益者[美國英語]
...advocates for the homeless. …爲無家可歸者謀利益的人。
4. N-COUNT An advocate is a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law. 辯護律師[法律]

He was part of an extreme political group that advocated the complete overthrow of the political system .
Heart disease specialists advocate a diet low in cholesterol .
His doctor advocated early retirement .
The author denied that his new book advocated violence .
Trotsky advocated worlwide revolution .