| 单词 | advocate |
| 释义 | advocate Word forms: advocates, advocating , advocated pronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (ædvəkeɪt ). The noun is pronounced (ædvəkət ). 1. verb If you advocate a particular action or plan, you recommend it publicly. [formal] Mr Williams is a conservative who advocates fewer government controls on business. [VERB noun] ...the tax policy advocated by the Opposition. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: recommend, support, champion, encourage 2. countable noun An advocate of a particular action or plan is someone who recommends it publicly. [formal] He was a strong advocate of free market policies and a multi-party system. [+ of] Synonyms: supporter, spokesman or woman or person, champion, defender 3. countable noun An advocate is a lawyer who speaks in favour of someone or defends them in a court of law. [law] lawyer4. countable noun An advocate for a particular group is a person who works for the interests of that group. [US] ...advocates for the charity. [+ for] 5. See also devil's advocate Collocations: advocate a change On international issues it strongly supported the degenerated workers' states, even while advocating a change within them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These politicians advocated a change to larger, more centralized schools, which they felt would provide more equal educational opportunities for all. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was critical of the commission form of government and advocated a change to the mayor-council format, which was finalized in the summer of 1977. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He advocated a change in government policy to permit bank mergers, but did not prevail. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both managers advocate a policy of buying stocks they feel are underpriced and holding them for long periods. Times, Sunday Times That strategic approach has always been challenged by those who advocate a policy of unilateral nuclear disarmament; they do so from a humanitarian perspective that should not be derided. Times, Sunday Times They advocate a policy of no net immigration. Times, Sunday Times Status dynamic therapists advocate a policy of investigating such client portrayals of the problem to determine if these clients in fact occupy positions of control in relation to this problem. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The most remarkable aspect of this cross-party consensus was that it advocated a policy of unilateral carbon emission reductions. Times, Sunday Times Talking points that advocate a return to the status quo, based on pessimism and offering with no alternatives, will not suffice. Christianity Today But some dentists now advocate a return to manual brushes, gentler on the gums. The Sun I would certainly not advocate a return to flatter pitches, either. Times, Sunday Times We could never advocate a return to uneasy hostility. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He advocated a return to local craftsman workshops, something these furniture designers believe in, too. Times, Sunday Times They also advocate a strategy of permanent revolution (i.e., not stageist, and in the impossibility of the bourgeois in semi-colonial countries leading revolutions). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In recent weeks doctors, managers, patient groups and health service researchers have all advocated the strategy as a means of maintaining and enhancing healthcare in the current economic climate. Times, Sunday Times The organisation advocates a strategy of anarcho-syndicalism as a method of abolishing capitalism and the state. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I have been advocating that approach for decades. ST One account advocating the approach has garnered more than half a million followers. Times,Sunday Times This approach advocates a holistic approach to achieve an improvement in online conversion. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This approach advocates that the regulators be the centralized authorities for spectrum allocation and usage decisions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also advocated the approach by the council towards high-density housing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There she worked closely with the families from different backgrounds and began to advocate peace between the two territories. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He advocates peace and discussion over war and greed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The head of the eagle faces towards the olive branch, rather than the arrows, advocating peace rather than war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She advocated peace and disarmament. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We have an ideology that advocates peace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both blue books advocate strongly for improved care for older adults with fracture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She also advocated strongly for new music and would play the few pertinent records and piano rolls available, or have students play unavailable works. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He advocated strongly for photography to be regarded as an art form. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The term has been used, pejoratively, to criticize some groups which are mainly viewed as advocating strongly against any state regulation and defend a totally free market. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They even gave him an excuse: that it was not illegal to 'advocate the creation of an independent state'. The Sun He went on to advocate the creation of a system of transcontinental highways with radial routes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also advocates the creation of moral codes adduced through rational deliberation and responsive to everchanging knowledge. The Times Literary Supplement I've long advocated the creation of prestige sporting events as a means of regulating socially undesirable behaviour. Times, Sunday Times He also advocated the creation of more parish councils in unparished areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He would advocate the use of cognitive behaviour therapy and suggest whenever you hear the boos, imagine instead that they are whale noises. Times,Sunday Times Indeed, we would go further and advocate the use of false ones in the backs. Times, Sunday Times We therefore advocate their use. Times, Sunday Times They advocate the use of a two-pronged test. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some advocate the use of food-grade flaxseed oil (a drying oil). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Its advocates claim that it has saved thousands of lives. Times, Sunday Times Its advocates claim that it can reduce stress and inflammation, and improve sleep and wellbeing. Times, Sunday Times Anti-smoking advocates claim that menthol, advertised as cooling and minty, hides the harshness of cigarette smoke, making smoking seem less harmful, particularly to younger people. Times, Sunday Times Supply-side advocates claim that revenues increased, but that spending increased faster. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Charter advocates claim that their schools generally lack access to funding for facilities and special program funds distributed on a district basis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Advocates point out that tolls could one day replace road tax and provide a potentially fairer method of charging, under which long-distance drivers pay more. Times, Sunday Times Advocates point out the market has been neglected for 15 years and the design would preserve three-quarters of it. Times, Sunday Times Advocates point out that hydrogen cars and filling stations have been rigorously tested and are as safe or safer than petrol. Times, Sunday Times Hybrid vehicles typically are more expensive than traditional models, although advocates point out that the increase in fuel efficiency will save drivers more than $10,000 (5,1000) in petrol costs each year. Times, Sunday Times Small schools advocates point out that in schools of less than 400 and especially less than 230, students have more access to enrichment and leadership programs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An author, a professor, and an animal advocate weigh in. Christianity Today Yet many animal advocates and ethicists still raise strong objections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some animal advocates have called for boycotts of goldfish purchases, citing industrial farming and low survival rates of the fish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was also an ardent advocate for home care, regularly making house calls himself. Times, Sunday Times He was a skillful operator, whose name was long attached to a ligature he devised; and he was an ardent advocate of inoculation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even their most ardent advocates agree that the weight of the bikes, and the riding posture, make them hard to get up hills. Times, Sunday Times The celebrity academics are ardent advocates for the college. Times, Sunday Times Yet even the most ardent advocates of this policy will admit that quantity has a quality of its own. Times, Sunday Times He was a cogent and effective advocate, convincing himself before convincing the court that his arguments represented the law. Times, Sunday Times He was an effective advocate of civil service reform and introduced a merit system for appointees. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He became a most effective advocate, especially in criminal cases; he declined to defend prisoners unless he believed in their innocence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A wig-like crown presents a king as an effective advocate for his subjects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This allows the less-experienced attorneys to become more effective advocates and counselors by learning from the more-experienced attorneys and judges. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An enthusiastic advocate of direct political action, he has chosen bureaucracy as his latest target. The Times Literary Supplement He has been an enthusiastic advocate of contemporary music. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was an enthusiastic advocate of virtue ethics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His hobby was cooking, and he was an enthusiastic advocate of applying scientific knowledge to culinary problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At around the same time, he became an enthusiastic advocate of the labor movement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the following decades, environmental advocates clashed with “industrial interests” that sought to establish a large port in the area. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's too long, some lawmakers and environmental advocates say. The Star (South Africa) After the toll ring was closed in 2005 some politicians, environmental advocates and others have suggested reintroducing the toll ring. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And some fish and environmental advocates see this case as an important precedent for dam removals to restore free flowing rivers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Environmental advocates and industry officials welcomed the new program, but for different reasons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A free speech advocate, he wants to relax hate speech laws. Times, Sunday Times Then he abandoned his resistance for the sake of a fudged consensus at which free speech advocates on every continent are staring in disbelief. Times, Sunday Times These comments have been criticized by free speech advocates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Free speech advocates, however, worked diligently and successfully to overturn the portion relating to indecent, but not obscene, speech. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, free speech advocates reacted with alarm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I don't want to be a fairweather health advocate. The Sun Often, however, the terms patient advocate and health advocate are used interchangeably or depending on immediate context. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 7 key roles underpinning selection, training and assessment are: ophthalmic expert and clinical decision maker, communicator, collaborator, manager, health advocate, scholar, and professional. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a public health advocate who participated in educational outreach programs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Although their roles might overlap, patient navigators are not community health workers or health advocates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The new political and legal climate has emboldened human rights advocates. Smithsonian Since 1982, he has been a community activist and human rights advocate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was also a foremost nationalist and human rights advocate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Human rights advocates are calling for an international court to administer justice. Times, Sunday Times It also didn't help that this demand fits poorly with the brand of activism championed by so many human rights advocates during the 1970s and after. The Times Literary Supplement Off the pitch he has been an impressive and influential advocate of the club. Times, Sunday Times He became an influential advocate for science. Times, Sunday Times As commissioner, he was an influential advocate of land division, and the rights of evicted tenants. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was one of the influential advocates of bringing modern architecture from custom residences and large corporate buildings to general public availability. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Like many of the surgeons general before her, she was an outspoken advocate of a variety of health-related causes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Durst was an outspoken advocate of file sharing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She was a particularly outspoken advocate of international educational exchange at the secondary and post-secondary level. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was additionally an early and outspoken advocate of creators' rights in an industry that at the time did not offer character ownership or royalties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He emerged as an outspoken advocate of elimination of the underground form of political organization in 1921. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They will also invite you to consider becoming a patient advocate. Times, Sunday Times We need an independent patient advocate in every hospital - a kind of professional whistleblower - with immediate access to medical and managerial staff. Times, Sunday Times Genetic counselors work as members of a health care team and act as a patient advocate as well as a genetic resource to physicians. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Often, however, the terms patient advocate and health advocate are used interchangeably or depending on immediate context. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A power of attorney for healthcare may be required by some institutions for a patient advocate to exchange confidential information. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, the tweets of the most powerful advocate of hydroxychloroquine have not been deleted. Times,Sunday Times His experience of fighting illness made him a powerful advocate for the cause. Times, Sunday Times By all accounts he was a powerful advocate for openness. Times, Sunday Times He was a powerful advocate for fairness and freedom. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a powerful advocate for devolution... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Privacy advocates have objected to the deal, saying that it would give the two companies unprecedented access to data about consumers. Times, Sunday Times However, privacy advocates complain that computer users are being asked to hand over personal documents to large companies, so losing control over them. Times, Sunday Times The startling burst of surveillance tools to fight the pandemic - at least 21 cropped up around the world last month alone - has alarmed privacy advocates. Times,Sunday Times However, privacy advocates have expressed concern, saying that advertisers may gain access to too much information about users' online behaviour. Times, Sunday Times It included ardent privacy advocates as well as national security hawks. Times, Sunday Times In public-policy debates he has been a prominent advocate of a policy of currency undervaluation as a tool of development. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He developed an interest in labour issues with a strong belief in nationalist policies as well as becoming a prominent advocate against conscription. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Mack was also been a prominent advocate for greater congressional oversight of government activities related to surveillance. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Later in the same year, she was a prominent advocate of a comprehensive $139-million riverfront park strategy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The lead researchers, and most prominent advocates for action, were those rarest of voices: doctors. Times, Sunday Times According to a tort reform advocate, this legislation has resulted in a 21.3 percent decrease in malpractice insurance rates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tort reform advocates allege that these numbers are misleading. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It included a broad range of social and political reforms advocated by progressives. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tort reform advocates focus on personal injury common law rules in particular. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The privacy board's findings closely mirror many of the criticisms made by surveillance reform advocates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to lawyers and refugee advocates, the new system involves them being asked just four questions. Times, Sunday Times Refugee advocates argue that there are very serious consequences to getting involved with human smugglers. Globe and Mail The policy has also come under fire from refugee advocates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fitch became a safety advocate and began research into automotive safety, some of which have advanced into motorsport. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Current rules limit drivers' workdays to 14 hours, with only 11 consecutive hours of driving allowed, union leaders and safety advocates say. canada.com Public safety advocates worried that dray trucks, which use city streets during normal working hours, were under-regulated and a risk to commuters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Critics and safety advocates point to the numerous injuries and accidental fires that are attributed to fireworks as justification for banning or at least severely restricting access to fireworks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He believed in temperance, and was a staunch advocate of sobriety. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was ruled unfit for war service, but proved a staunch advocate of soldier settlers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The left front had been a staunch advocate of not proceeding with this deal citing national interests. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was a staunch advocate of access to education for the majority of the population. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A staunch advocate of private medicine he disliked the movement to the nationalisation of medical health. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has, for instance, been a strong advocate against wage cuts. The Sun She was always a strong advocate for consumers, as well as for students. Times, Sunday Times I was a strong advocate of him being appointed two years ago. The Sun I am a strong advocate of overseas aid. Times, Sunday Times Years ago when we were choosing an architect, one trustee was a strong advocate for a world-class architect, but another trustee criticized this architect's work. Christianity Today He was a tireless advocate of independent schools and a passionate defender of grammar schools at a time when they were being merged with secondary moderns to form comprehensives. Times, Sunday Times He was also a tireless advocate for psychological science. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He continued to be a tireless advocate of evolution, science education, and human service. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In his role as director of the museum he was a tireless advocate for the region's culture, history and environment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His peers eulogized him as a tireless advocate for the security of the nation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over the years, he has served as a certified victim advocate, chapter officer, state spokesperson and organizer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The officers work closely with the courts, polygraph providers, victim advocates, and community-based treatment agencies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Forensic scientists, policymakers, victim advocates and law enforcement officials discussed the challenges and strategies for solving missing person cases and identifying unidentified decedent cases. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The program was met with praise from the victim advocates and social services community. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Nevertheless, she remained a vocal advocate of civil rights in her last years. Times, Sunday Times She quickly gained a reputation for being independentminded and a vocal advocate for a minimum unit price for alcohol. Times, Sunday Times It has always been a vocal advocate of national institutions at the same time as being sceptical of the power of government to make the world a better place. Times, Sunday Times He became in the mid-1970s a vocal advocate of monetary targeting to control inflation. Times, Sunday Times He was a vocal advocate of civil rights, and he helped organize shelters for the homeless. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 提倡, 倡议者 Japanese: 支持する, 擁護者 |
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