单词 | pro- |
释义 | pro-pro- /prəʊ $ proʊ/ prefix Word Origin WORD ORIGINpro- ExamplesOrigin: Old French, Latin, from Greek, from pro ‘before, for’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto agree with an idea/person/political party► support 1supporting or approving of something OPP anti-: pro-American the pro-choice lobby2technical doing a job instead of someone: the pro-vice-chancellor to agree with an idea, plan, political party etc, and want it to succeed: · I have always supported the Democrats.· She wrote a newspaper article supporting the idea of a minimum wage for workers.strongly support: · Plans for a new school were strongly supported by local residents.support somebody in something: · Public opinion in America supported Gandhi in his struggle for an independent India. ► be in favour of British /be in favor of American to support a plan or suggestion because you think it is a good idea: · Most UN delegates are in favour of the new peace plan.be in favour of doing something: · Some teachers were in favour of retaining the existing system.be all in favour of something especially spoken (=completely agree with): · I'm all in favour of people having smaller cars. ► pro-: pro-democracy/pro-government/pro-independence etc supporting democracy, the government etc: · The pro-independence group has been attacked and suppressed.· pro-western forces· The 'pro-choice' group believes in the right to abortion. ► be in sympathy with/sympathize with to think that someone's aims or ideas, especially political ideas, are right and that you should support them: · Many Democrats were in sympathy with Reagan's policies on Nicaragua.· Soldiers were punished severely if they were suspected of sympathising with student agitators. ► endorse to show publicly that you support a plan or action, especially by voting for it: · The convention endorsed the peace programme.· The President's position was endorsed by a large majority of the Senate.fully endorse: · I fully endorse the measures taken to improve safety standards. ► advocate formal to publicly support a plan or way of doing something, especially one that you have suggested yourself: · They advocated state control of all public services.· Some extremists are now openly advocating violence. ► be with if you are with someone, you agree with what they are trying to do, and you are willing to help them: · We need people now for the anti-government march. Are you with us or against us?be with somebody all the way (=support someone fully): · When you are fighting an election campaign, you need to feel that your party is with you all the way. WORD SETS► Groupingsagitate, verbagitation, nounagitator, nounbipartisan, adjectivebipartite, adjectivebloc, nounBolshevik, nouncapitalism, nouncentrist, adjectivecoalition, nouncommie, nouncommunism, nouncommunist, nouncommunist, adjectiveCon, confederacy, nounconfederate, nounconfederation, nouncongress, nounconservatism, nounDem., disloyal, adjectivedissident, noundivide, verbdivisive, adjectivefascism, nounfascist, nounfederal, adjectivefederate, verbfederation, nounfront, nounginger group, nounhegemony, nounheterodox, adjectiveIndependent, nouninfighting, nouninterest group, nounIRA, nounIron Curtain, the, Lab, Labour, nounleftie, nounleftist, adjectiveleft-of-centre, adjectiveleft-wing, adjectivelefty, nounLib Dem, nounLiberal, nounLiberal Democrats, nounLiberal Party, loyalist, nounLuddite, nounmachine, nounmajority leader, nounminority leader, nounmoderate, adjectivemoderate, nounmonarchist, nounmovement, nounnationalism, nounnationalist, adjectivenationalist, nounNazi, nounneutral, adjectivenon-partisan, adjectivepalace revolution, nounparamilitary, adjectivepartisan, adjectivepartisan, nounparty, nounparty political, adjectiveparty politics, nounpinko, nounpro-, prefixpro-choice, adjectiveR, rabble-rousing, nounradical, nounrally, nounreactionary, adjectiverealign, verbrebel, nounrebellion, nounrebellious, adjectivered, adjectivered, nounrepublican, nounrevolt, nounrevolt, verbrevolutionary, adjectiverevolutionary, nounrightist, adjectiveright-of-centre, adjectiveright-wing, adjectiveroyalist, nounseparatist, nounspecial interest group, nounsplinter group, nounsplit, verbsubcommittee, nounsubversion, nounsuffragette, nounsympathizer, nounsympathy, nountendency, nounTory, nounTrotskyite, nountrue-blue, adjectiveUnionist, nounuprising, nounWhig, nounwing, noun |
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