advocating

英 [ˈædvəkeɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈædvəkeɪtɪŋ]

v.  拥护; 支持; 提倡
advocate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /'ædvəkeɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'ædvəkət/. 动词读作 /'ædvəkeɪt/，名词读作 /'ædvəkət/。


• VERB 拥护；提倡；主张
  If youadvocatea particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the tax policy advocated by the Opposition.
     反对党提倡的税收政策
• N-COUNT 拥护者；提倡者
  Anadvocate ofa particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly.
  1. 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。
• 辩护律师
  Anadvocateis a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law.
• See also:...advocates for the homeless...Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.devil's advocate

双语例句

• Luckily, I was born in a family full of love and highly advocating self-made success.
  很幸运，我出生在一个充满爱心和崇尚个人奋斗的家庭。
• Its not like I'm advocating violence, I'm just saying.
  不是说我崇尚暴力，你知道我的意思。
• Any persons found advocating a preventive war should be condemned to two hours a day with these ingenious monsters.
  发现任何人鼓吹打一场防御战，就应判他和这些精巧的怪物生活两个小时。
• In no way am I advocating a move away from your existing Java tools and systems.
  我绝不是主张你抛弃现有的Java工具和系统。
• They have been advocating this for generations.
  他们提倡这个已有好几代人的时间了。
• They are particular about the gala in different aspects, even advocating canceling it.
  他们对晚会的各方面做出了挑剔的评价，甚至提倡取消晚会。
• Two moderate politicians have been assassinated for advocating reform of the unjust blasphemy law.
  两个温和的政治家被暗杀了，原因是他们主张对不公正的亵渎法进行改革。
• Of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women.
  属于、关于或提倡女子的平等权力。
• Shrill voices on both sides of the Atlantic are advocating protectionism.
  大西洋两岸都在大肆鼓吹贸易保护主义。
• He denounced what he called toytown revolutionaries advocating non-payment of taxes
  他谴责他称为幼稚愚蠢的改革者鼓吹不缴纳税款。