词汇 | proponent |
释义 | proponent noun[ C ] uk /prəˈpəʊ.nənt/ us /prəˈpoʊ.nənt/ a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action: 提倡者,倡导者,辩护者 He is one of the leading proponents of capital punishment.他是死刑的主要支持者之一。 Synonyms advocate exponent supporter Compare opponent Supporters, members & defenders advocate allyship anti-evolution anti-evolutionary anti-evolutionist apologist apostle booster card-carrying member custodian defender natalist non-member non-membership patron patroness pro-natalist protagonist recruit surrogate proponent | American Dictionaryproponent noun[ C ] us/prəˈpoʊ·nənt/ a person who supports an idea, plan, or cause: Long a proponent of government health insurance, he pointed out that millions of Americans have no health insurance at all. Examples of proponentproponent Some medical specialty societies already are recognized as proponents of standards of care by health plans. For some proponents of patient autonomy, control involved not only becoming informed - understanding one's illness and knowing what to expect - but making decisions as well. It is difficult to divorce perceptions of policy reform from the political charisma of proponents. Since the cognitive science of religion is a naturalistic research programme, it is doubtful that its proponents can remain neutral on important ontological questions. It arose in the wake of punk, which sought to sweep away what its proponents saw as the empty virtuosity of rock dinosaurs. It has no proponents because it is untenable. Its proponents opt for a more reflexive perspective on museums and their visitors. Hence, this seems unlikely to be the meaning of "information" ubiquitously used by supposed proponents of a communicationas-information-transfer approach. More crucially, such evidence exposes its proponents to no risk whatsoever, a factor that creates inequality between the parties. And if that is correct, then it is the proponents of the balancing strategy that have the burden of proof. While sustainable agriculture proponents broadly support these theoretical approaches, a number of practical questions remain to be answered. But, in this way, their arguments are essentially subjective with no approach, or proponent, being right (or wrong). The main competing tradition is social choice theory, whose proponents generally deduce far less optimistic results. Philosophy, after all, as he points out, was how contemporaries themselves-both proponents and opponents-explained the origins of the upheaval initiated in 1789. I strongly urge proponents of both sides of the genetic engineering arguments to read it. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withproponentproponentThese are words often used in combination with proponent. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. early proponent He was an earlyproponent of continental drift and the unauthodox expanding earth theory. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. leading proponent She is a leadingproponent of cultural approaches to learning, development and psychotherapy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. main proponent Peaflorida, as its mainproponent, was selected as its director for life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with proponent |
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