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advocate

noun
 
/ˈædvəkət/
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  1.  
    (formal) a person who supports or speaks in favour of somebody or of a public plan or action擁護者；支持者；提倡者
    • advocate for something/somebody an advocate for hospital workers醫院工作人員的支持者
    • advocate of something/somebody a staunch advocate of free speech言論自由的堅定擁護者
    see also devil’s advocate
    Extra Examples
    • an advocate of pacifism和平主義的倡導者
    • Canada was one of the strongest advocates of sanctions.加拿大是最強烈的制裁倡導者之一。
    • She became a firm advocate of overseas ventures.她成爲海外投資的堅定支持者。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ardent
    • effective
    • firm
    • …
    adverb
    • argue
    • claim
    • say
    • …
    preposition
    • advocate for
    • advocate of
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  2. (law法律) a person who defends somebody in court辯護律師；出庭辯護人
    • Solicitors often appear as advocates in the lower courts.初級律師經常作爲律師出現在下級法院。
    • Those charged should be represented by trained, qualified legal advocates.那些被告應該要有訓練有素的合格律師爲他們辯護。
    Topics Law and justicec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • solicitor
    • judge
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  3. (law法律) (in Scotland and South Africa) a lawyer who has the right to argue cases in higher courts（蘇格蘭）出庭律師，辯護律師，大律師
    More About lawyerslawyers
    • Lawyer is a general term for a person who is qualified to advise people about the law, to prepare legal documents for them and/​or to represent them in a court of law.lawyer 泛指律師，有資格提供法律咨詢、爲當事人準備法律文件、在法庭上代表當事人。
    • In England and Wales, a lawyer who is qualified to speak in the higher courts of law is called a barrister. In Scotland a barrister is called an advocate.
    • In North American English attorney is a more formal word used for a lawyer and is used especially in job titles:
      • the District Attorney地方檢察官
    • Counsel is the formal legal word used for a lawyer who is representing someone in court:counsel 爲正式的法律用語，指代表當事人出庭的律師：
      • counsel for the prosecution控方律師
    • Solicitor is the British English term for a lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares documents, for example when you are buying a house, and sometimes has the right to speak in a court of law.
    • In North American English solicitor is only used in the titles of some lawyers who work for the government:
      • the Solicitor General首席檢察官
    • A notary is a person, often but not necessarily a lawyer, who has official authority to be a witness when somebody signs a document and to make the document legally acceptable.
    see also the Lord Advocate, solicitor advocate
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advocate

verb
 
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they advocate
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he / she / it advocates
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past simple advocated
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past participle advocated
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-ing form advocating
/ˈædvəkeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to support something publicly擁護；支持；提倡
    • advocate something The group does not advocate the use of violence.該團體不支持使用暴力。
    • Heart specialists strongly advocate low-cholesterol diets.心髒病專家大力提倡低膽固醇飲食。
    • These policies have been widely advocated.這些政策已得到廣泛的擁護。
    • advocate (somebody) doing something Many experts advocate rewarding your child for good behaviour.很多專家主張對小孩的良好表現加以獎勵。
    • advocate that… The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors.報告主張所有的建築物都應安裝煙霧報警器。
    • (British English also) The report advocated that all buildings should be fitted with smoke detectors.報告主張所有的建築物都應安裝煙霧報警器。
    Synonyms recommendrecommend
    • advise
    • advocate
    • urge
    These words all mean to tell somebody what you think they should do in a particular situation.
    • recommend to tell somebody what you think they should do in a particular situation; to say what you think the price or level of something should be:
      • We’d recommend you to book your flight early.我們建議你早點兒預訂航班。
      • a recommended price of $50 建議售價 50 美元
    • advise to tell somebody what you think they should do in a particular situation:
      • I’d advise you not to tell him.我勸你别告訴他。
    recommend or advise?用 recommend 還是 advise？Advise is a stronger word than recommend and is often used when the person giving the advice is in a position of authority: Police are advising fans without tickets to stay away. • Police are recommending fans without tickets to stay away. I advise you… can suggest that you know better than the person you are advising: this may cause offence if they are your equal or senior to you. I recommend… mainly suggests that you are trying to be helpful and is less likely to cause offence. Recommend is often used with more positive advice to tell somebody about possible benefits and advise with more negative advice to warn somebody about possible dangers: He advised reading the book before seeing the movie. • I would recommend against going out on your own.
    • advocate (formal) to support or recommend something publicly:指擁護、公開支持、提倡：
      • The group does not advocate the use of violence.該團體不支持使用暴力。
    • urge (formal) to recommend something strongly:指大力推薦、竭力主張：
      • The situation is dangerous and the UN is urging caution.局勢岌岌可危，聯合國力主謹慎行事。
    Patterns
    • to recommend/​advise/​advocate/​urge that…
    • It is recommended/​advised/​advocated/​urged that…
    • to recommend/​advise/​urge somebody to do something
    • to recommend/​advise/​advocate doing something
    • to strongly recommend/​advise/​advocate somebody/​something
    Topics Opinion and argumentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • strongly
    • openly
    • publicly
    • …
    phrases
    • be widely advocated
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French avocat, from Latin advocatus, past participle (used as a noun) of advocare ‘call (to one's aid)’, from ad- ‘to’ + vocare ‘to call’.

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