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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
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opponent
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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 Dictionary


proponent
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 proponent


proponent
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.
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early proponent
He was an earlyproponent of continental drift and the unauthodox expanding earth theory.
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leading proponent
She is a leadingproponent of cultural approaches to learning, development and psychotherapy.
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main proponent
Peaflorida, as its mainproponent, was selected as its director for life.
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