英 [ˈædvəkeɪt] 美 [ˈædvəkeɪt]
v. 拥护，提倡
n. 拥护者，提倡者；辩护律师；（为某一类人）谋利益者；（一项事业或个组织的）工作者
复数advocates
第三人称单数advocates
现在分词advocating
过去式advocated
过去分词advocated
advocate // CET4 TEM4 [ advocating advocated advocates ]
及物动词 If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly. 提倡
Mr. Williams is a conservative who advocates fewer government controls on business.
威廉斯先生是一位提倡减少政府对商业的控制的保守人士。
可数名词 An advocate of a particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly. 倡导者
He was a strong advocate of free market policies and a multi-party system.
他是自由市场政策以及多党制的坚定倡导者。
可数名词 An advocate for a particular group is a person who works for the interests of that group. 为 (某团体) 谋利益者
...advocates for the homeless.
…为无家可归者谋利益的人。
可数名词 An advocate is a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law. 辩护律师
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
同义词： counsel / counselor / counsellor / counselor-at-law / pleader
speak, plead, or argue in favour of
The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house
同义词： preach
提倡者
《拥护者》(the Advocate)(美国路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日)：
第三是注码的运用，他 主张 ( Advocate )有三十注本钱在手，若有三千元便以一百元一注作基本注码，最后(Final)是严守纪律，不能在劣势时胡乱改变打法，此之谓小不忍则乱...
粗俗的话，下流话 advocate（提倡者）：罗马法律中的出庭律师 英语单词advocate原本是一个罗马法律中的专业术语，指在法庭上为人辩护的人，即现在所谓的“律师”。
... abhor 憎恶，厌恶，嫌弃 advocate 拥护者，鼓吹者，提倡者；拥护；鼓吹；提倡；主张；辩护 ambition 抱负，志气，雄心 ...
He is a strident advocate of nuclear power.
他是发展核能的坚定拥护者。
Many experts advocate rewarding your child for good behaviour.
很多专家主张对小孩的良好表现加以奖励。
I felt that it was irresponsible to advocate the legalization of drugs.
我觉得主张毒品合法化是不负责任的。
What is her message to them? "I always advocate, don't get angry or upset about that,get creative.
VOA : special.2010.01.28
So in those circumstances, I'm an advocate of active euthanasia. I think it is just as if you have a dog who was dying from some disease, you wouldn't say, well we just let nature take its call.
所以这种情况下，我通常会,支持安乐死，我认为,这就像是你的狗得了病,马上就要死了，你不会说，嗯，我们顺其自然吧。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
And that's our obligation to send them to war only when we have to, and only when we know they can actually achieve their mission is a key difference between what I advocate and what the neo-cons advocate.
我们有义务,在必须的时候，送他们上战场，我们必须确保,他们一旦奔赴战场就能完成使命,这是重大的不同,我和新型保守派主张的不同之处主要在此。
国际座谈会课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
Despite his Catholic background, Kennedy also became a strong advocate of abortion rights and later, a supporter of same-sex marriage.
VOA : standard.2009.08.26
"I think that they are taking a calculated risk and it is one that I would not advocate myself,"
VOA : standard.2009.11.10
You advocate doing away with central banks and limiting currency issuance to the amount of foreign reserves.
Local advocate Christopher Scholefield said the change in the law would make cases simpler.
Anne Stanback, a gay marriage advocate, says interest in civil unions has been weak in Connecticut.