advocated

英 [ˈædvəkeɪtɪd]

美 [ˈædvəkeɪtɪd]

v.  拥护; 支持; 提倡
advocate的过去分词和过去式

过去式：advocated　

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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

• Note that our initial requirements gathering is based on the iterative development approach advocated in RUP.
  注意到我们初始的需求收集是基于RUP中倡导的迭代开发方法。
• They advocated a scattergun approach of posting dozens of letters.
  他们主张采取向四处随意邮寄大量信件的方式。
• He opposed science for science as the decadent nihilism, and advocated science for human life.
  他反对为科学而科学的颓废的虚无主义，主张为人生而科学。
• I advocated pi calculus channels because of their simplicity, which generally translates to performance and maintainability.
  我提倡使用pi演算通道是由于它的简单性，换句话说是由于它的高效性和可维护性。
• In China, both late marriages and late childbirth are advocated, in addition to fewer and better births.
  在中国，晚婚晚育和少生优生均受到提倡鼓励。
• In my speech I advocated peace not war.
  我在讲话中提倡和平而不是战争。
• He advocated the creation of a permanent United nations.
  他主张创建永久性的联合国。
• He advocated benevolent and kingly rule.
  他主张以仁政和王道来治理国家。
• We have always advocated cross-Straits dialogues and negotiations on the basis of the one-China principle.
  我们一贯主张在一个中国原则基础上开展两岸对话与谈判。
• Therefore, I hold that hypocrisy appears in a society when benevolence and righteousness are advocated intently.
  所以我认为，当一个社会刻意地倡导仁慈与正义时，伪善就会紧接着出现。