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擁護(hù)；提倡；主張
If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly.
例句
Mr Williams is a conservative who advocates fewer government controls on business.
威廉斯先生是個保守派，主張政府應(yīng)減少對商業(yè)的控制。
...the tax policy advocated by the Opposition.
反對黨提倡的稅收政策
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擁護(hù)者；提倡者
An advocate of a particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly.
例句
He was a strong advocate of free market policies and a multi-party system.
他是自由市場政策和多黨派制度的堅決擁護(hù)者。
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辯護(hù)律師
An advocate is a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law.
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（為某一類人）謀利益者
An advocate for a particular group is a person who works for the interests of that group.
例句
...advocates for the homeless...
為無家可歸的人謀利益者
Animal rights advocates argue that zoos are really animal prisons and very often cruel.
動物權(quán)利保護(hù)者指出動物園實(shí)際上是動物的牢籠，經(jīng)常很殘酷地對待動物。