vt.　提倡，主张 speak publicly in support of

　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。

　～ a reform of the tax system　主张改革税收制度
　～ a reduction in military spending　主张削减军费开支
　～ a theory　宣扬一种理论
　～ a view　提出一种看法
　～ building more elementary schools　主张建造更多的小学
　～ early rising　主张早起
　～ economic reform　主张经济改革
　～ family planning　提倡计划生育
　～ free competition　主张自由竞争
　～ free trade　提倡自由贸易
　～ nonviolence　鼓吹非暴力主义
　～ self-defence　主张自卫
　～ self-reliance　主张自力更生
　～ the revision of the rules　主张修改规章
　firmly ～　坚决主张
　openly ～　公开主张
　passionately ～　热烈拥护
　strongly ～　强烈主张
　warmly ～　热烈拥护

　He advocated caution.　他赞成遇事谨慎。
　We advocate late marriage.　我们提倡晚婚。
　We advocate temperance.　我们主张禁酒。
　They openly advocate free trade.　他们公开提倡自由贸易。
　He advocated the spread of education.　他提倡普及教育。
　He advocates the return of capital punishment.　他主张恢复死刑。
　The group does not advocate the use of violence.　该团体不支持使用暴力。
　The president advocated health care reform.　总统主张改革保健制度。
　They advocate higher salaries for teachers.　他们主张提高教师的薪水。
　He firmly advocated the creation of a permanent United Nations.　他坚决主张建立一个永久性的联合国。
　He advocates a reduction in military spending.　他主张削减军费开支。
　They have been violently advocating neutrality.　他们一直激烈地鼓吹中立。
　We have always advocated concern for the livelihood of the masses and opposed bureaucracy, which is callous to their well-being.　我们历来提倡关心群众生活，反对不关心群众痛痒的官僚主义。
　Do you advocate accepting the offer? 　你是否主张接受这个报价?
　I do not advocate doing such things.　我不主张干这样的事情。
　He advocated building more good roads.　他主张修筑更多的好公路。
　I do not advocate building large factories.　我不主张建大工厂。
　At that time, he advocated fleeting to the south.　当时，他主张南下逃跑。
　Many people advocate building more schools.　许多人主张设立更多学校。
　She advocated our withdrawing from the contest.　她主张我们退出比赛。
　She advocates taking a more long-term view.　她主张采取更长远的考虑方法。
　He firmly advocates building a hospital in the area.　他坚决主张在该地区建立一所医院。
　Many experts advocate rewarding your child for good behaviour.　很多专家主张对小孩的良好表现加以奖励。
　Many people advocate keeping all children at school until the age of sixteen.　许多人主张所有的孩子应在学校学到16岁。
　They advocate that strikes be banned.　他们主张禁止罢工。
　He advocated that Britain (should) join the alliance.　他主张英国应加入同盟国。
　They advocated that we should establish a day-care center.　他们主张我们可以建立日间托儿所。
　The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors.　报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
　He advocated with passionate eloquence that one candidate withdraw from the presidential election.　他激昂雄辩地主张一位候选人退出总统竞选。
　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。

 ♣ advocate, agitate for, air, preach
　参见preach条。
 ♣ advocate, support, uphold
　参见support条。

1. C 提倡者，拥护者　 a person who supports or speaks in favor a cause, policy, etc.
2. C 辩护律师，辩护人　 a person, especially a lawyer, who speaks in defence of or in favor of another person

　aggressive ～　积极进取的提倡者
　blind ～　盲目的鼓吹者
　sincere ～　诚挚的拥护者
　strong ～　坚决的拥护者
　client ～　当事人律师
　patient ～　主张维护病人利益者
　～ for the oppressed　替被压迫者辩护的人
　～ of equal pay for men and women　提倡男女同酬者
　～ of peace　提倡和平的人
　～ of reform　支持改革的人
　～ of the oppressed　替被压迫者辩护的人

　He is a lifelong advocate of disarmament.　他是一位为裁军奋斗终生的人。
　He is an advocate of more airplanes and fewer warships.　他是一个提倡多造飞机、少造军舰的人。
　He got the best advocate in town to defend him.　他请城里最好的律师为他辩护。

 ♣ advocate, attorney, barrister, counsel, counselor, lawyer, solicitor
　这组词的共同含意是“律师”。lawyer是律师的总称；barrister是英国的出庭律师；solicitor是英国的初级律师，为barrister的出庭准备材料；counsel, counselor和attorney都用于美国， counselor可指律师，也可指法律顾问， counsel意思与counselor相同，但可用于复数，即“辩方”， attorney主要指法律或财务方面的代理人；而advocate则指大陆法系国家的律师。

　［同义词］ v. defend, maintain, support n. friend, lawyer
　［反义词］ v. oppose
　［词源］拉丁语advocare（对他人呼喊予以助威）