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apologist
辩护者；辩解者
核心释义
a person who argues in defense or justification of a policy or institution
- 1.
道歉者。
One who makes an apology.
- 2.
为某种政策或机构辩护或辩解的人
a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
道歉者。；为某种政策或机构辩护或辩解的人；辩护者；教义辩护文作者；[法] 辩护者；辩解者
用法In use
As an apologist for the new policy, she spent the meeting defending its benefits.
用法提示：apologist 此处为可数名词，意为“辩护者”，后接 for 引出辩护对象。
The historian is often called an apologist for the old regime because she explains its decisions sympathetically.
用法提示：apologist 是名词，表示“辩护者”，与 for 搭配说明为谁辩护。
Supporters of the plan recruited a well-known apologist for the project to justify the costs in public.
用法提示：apologist 作名词，意为“辩护者”，在此句中通过 for 表明辩护对象。
an apologist for capital punishment
apologist for sth
常用介词 for 引出所辩护的对象，多指为某种政策、制度或团体公开辩解的人。
She is a vocal apologist for the new immigration policy.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- apologist for the regime
- 政权的辩护者
- He was known as an apologist for the regime.他以该政权的辩护者闻名。
- apologist for slavery
- 奴隶制的辩护者
- The book attacks the apologists for slavery.这本书抨击了奴隶制的辩护者。
- chief apologist
- 主要辩护者
- She became the chief apologist for the policy.她成为了这项政策的主要辩护者。
- staunch apologist
- 坚定的辩护者
- Even staunch apologists admit the plan failed.即使是坚定的辩护者也不得不承认计划失败了。
- official apologist
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
别被 apology 骗了：apologist 是替人辩护的人，不是道歉者。想象律师在法庭辩护。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：political debate、religious controversy、historical writing apologist 通常用于正式或学术语境，表示为某种政策、信仰或制度辩护的人，多出现在政治、宗教或思想史讨论中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都和 apologist 有相似拼写或发音。biologist、geologist、psychologist、sociologist 都以 -logist 结尾，重音和主要元音相同，可视为近韵词；注意词典中这些词的结尾常标为 /ɪst/，而 apologist 在给出的音标中为 /əst/，实际弱读时区别很小。apology 和 apologize 拼写相似但发音不同：apology 以 /i/ 结尾，apologize 以 /aɪz/ 结尾。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.