advocates
基本解释
- v.提倡;主张
- n.拥护者;提倡者;律师;辩护者
词源解说
- 14世纪中期进入英语,直接源自古法语的avocat;最初源自拉丁语的advocatus,意为被召唤助人者。
用法辨析
- advocate用作及物动词的基本意思是“提倡,主张”,指支持或拥护某事物或做某事。接名词、代词或动名词作宾语,偶尔还可接that从句,从句中的谓语动词要用虚拟式。
- advocate用作名词的基本意思是“提倡者,拥护者”,指对某一事业、方针、政策等的支持者、拥护者、提倡者、鼓吹者,其后常接介词of。
- advocate还可指大陆法系国家的“辩护律师,辩护人”。
- advocate属及物动词,后不可加介词,如不可说He advocates for reform;
- advocate后较少接that从句,如不常说He advocates that due attention (should) be paid to reform;
- advocate后可接动名词,不可接不定式。We advocate stopping the practice.
v. (动词)
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- He advocated caution.
他赞成遇事谨慎。 - Do you advocate accepting the offer?
你是否主张接受这个报价? - They advocate that strikes be banned.
他们主张禁止罢工。 - There is no point advocating improved public transport unless we can pay for it.
提倡改善公共交通毫无意义,除非我们能支付得起改善的费用。 - He is a lifelong advocate of disarmament.
他是一位为裁军奋斗终生的人。
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
S+~+ v -ing
S+~+that-clause
其他
用作名词 (n.)
词组短语
- advocate a reform of the tax system 主张改革税收制度
- advocate a reduction in military spending 主张削减军费开支
- advocate a theory 宣扬一种理论
- advocate a view 提出一种看法
- advocate building more elementary schools 主张建造更多的小学