Word · Frequency #4031
advocates
倡导者；拥护者
advocates is the plural of advocate.
A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy.
- 1.
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
在法庭上为他人案件辩护的人；辩护律师。
- 2.
a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
倡导者
- 3.
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
为他人辩护的人；说情者。
- 4.
a lawyer who pleads cases in court
辩护律师
- 5.
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone; proponent
支持某事或某人的人；倡导者。
- 6.
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
支持他人发声或使其自我表达的人。
辩护律师；代言人；说情者；在法庭上为他人案件辩护的人；辩护律师。；倡导者；为他人辩护的人；说情者。
In use
She is a strong advocate for animal rights.
The advocate presented her arguments to the committee.
He works as a patient advocate at the hospital.
an advocate of sth
She is a strong advocate of environmental protection.
她是环境保护的坚定拥护者。
an advocate for sth
He became an advocate for workers' rights.
他成为工人权利的倡导者。
advocates of doing sth
Advocates of reducing carbon emissions praised the new policy.
Connections
Collocations
- an advocate for [sth/sb]
- 为…发声的人；…的倡导者
- She is an advocate for better working conditions.她是改善工作条件的倡导者。
- strong advocate
- 坚定的倡导者
- He is a strong advocate of free education.他是免费教育的坚定倡导者。
- human rights advocate
- 人权倡导者
- She became a human rights advocate after college.大学毕业后她成为了一名 人权倡导者。
- devil's advocate
- 故意唱反调的人；魔鬼代言人
- I'm just playing devil's advocate.我只是在故意唱反调。
- victims' advocate
- 受害者权益代言人
- She works as a victims' advocate.她是一名受害者权益代言人。
- defense advocate
Learner notes
Memory Tip
advocate 中藏“voc”（联想voice声音）：替他人发声、辩护的人，即倡导者/辩护律师。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：法庭与法律文书、公益倡导与新闻报道、正式演讲或书面讨论 作名词时，‘辩护律师’义项比较正式，多用于法庭或法律文书；‘倡导者/拥护者’义项常见于新闻、公益或正式演讲，日常口语中较少使用。整体偏正式，具体要看搭配场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with the noun advocate /ˈædvəkət/. These words all end in the same unstressed -ate sound /ət/ and share the spelling -ate, but their stressed vowels differ, so they are lookalikes rather than rhymes. Be careful with the verb advocate /ˈædvəkeɪt/, where -ate is pronounced /eɪt/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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