advocate

【发音】
美 /ˈædvəkeɪt;-et/ 英 /'ædvəkeɪt;-ət/
【翻译】
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vt. 拥护, 提倡, 主张
英释:to publicly support a particular way of doing something
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n. 拥护者, 提倡者; 辩护者, 律师
英释:someone who publicly supports someone or something
【记忆】
ad(表加强) + voc(声音, 喊叫) + ate(做) → 大声喊 → 拥护, 提倡
【短语】
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devil's advocate : 故意持相反意见的人;故意唱反调的人
【例句】
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Extremists were openly advocating violence.
极端主义者公开鼓吹使用暴力。
【真题例句】
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(2014.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Pang doesn't advocate returning to a pre-Internet world...
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(2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...the authors advocate taxing sugary foods and controlling sales to kids under 17...
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(2012.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...The Rudd Center has been a strong advocate of a more modest 1-cent-per-punce tax...
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(2010.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...But was positive thinking advocate Norman Vincent Peale right...
【单词相关测试】
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Mr. Jones holds strong views against video games and ________the closing of all recreation facilities for such games.
正确答案:B
解释:句意: 琼斯先生强烈反对电子游戏, 主张关闭所有提供这类游戏的娱乐场所。acknowledge: 承认; 答谢, 报偿; assist: 援助, 帮助; admit: 容许; 承认, 接纳。
A. acknowledgesB. advocatesC. assistsD. admits
【同、近义词】
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vt.提倡,主张,拥护
maintain/submit/
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n.提倡者;支持者;律师
prophet/supporter/
【同根词】
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n
advocacy : 主张;拥护;辩护
advocator : 提倡者,拥护者