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词汇 advocated
释义 advocated
past simple and past participle ofadvocate
advocate
verb
uk /ˈæd.və.keɪt/ us /ˈæd.və.keɪt/
C2[ I or T ]
to publicly support or suggest an idea, development, or way of doing something: 主张;拥护;支持;提倡
[ + -ing verb ]She advocates taking a more long-term view.她主张把目光放得更长远一些。
He advocates the return of capital punishment.他主张恢复死刑。
We will continue to advocate for a regional, cooperative approach to the construction project.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to give someone advice
give adviceCan you give me some advice about what to wear?
adviseThe doctor advised me to get plenty of rest.
counselHe counselled the young man to keep his silence.
recommendDoctors recommend regular exercise.
advocateI would advocate a system that is fair to everyone.
[ I ]
to speak for, support, or represent a person or group of people who may need extra help or protection:
A lot of people living in desperate poverty are taken advantage of and need someone to advocate for them.
The Education Trust advocates on behalf of disadvantaged and minority students.
[ I ]
to speak for or defend someone in a court of law:
At least in court a defendant has a lawyer to advocate for him.
He was part of an extreme political group that advocated the complete overthrow of the political system.
Heart disease specialists advocate a diet low in cholesterol.
The author denied that his new book advocated violence.
Trotsky advocated worldwide revolution.
After the death of their son, they devoted themselves to advocating for police reform.
Our mission is to advocate for better support and counselling for current and former soldiers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Backing, supporting & defending
adopt
advocacy
affirmation
ally yourself to/with someone
argumentation
bail out
bat
bet
buoy
champion
commitment
over-favour
pander to someone/something
prop something up
provide
provide for someone
solidly
sustenance
underpin
wave/show/fly the flagidiom

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Court cases, orders & decisions

Related word


advocacy

Examples of advocated


advocated

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Multi-culturalists, on the contrary, advocated a more diverse immigrant policy, one that takes ethnic diversity into consideration.
But, insofar as naturalists advocated a certain positive philosophy of nature, yes it does.
Not only did both sides have similar perceptions of problems, they also advocated many of the same techniques to stimulate their successful performances.
Referrals to community groups and networks are increasingly advocated as having a key role within healthcare.
Those who advocated this path shared a sense of crisis that political reform would never be possible if the bills died at that time.
On the other hand, like traditional game theory, the approach advocated here builds on the notions of individual preferences and individual rationality.
Economists have advocated water markets as a way to increase efficiency and to cope with environmental problems.
Years later even some of those who had advocated modified study design expressed reservations.
All advocated a mixed system, combining elements of both the public and private sectors.
Furthermore, as the intended objectives were gradually achieved, a switch to more flexible systems - either a managed float or a crawling peg - was advocated.
However, the approach being advocated here departs from the class approach.
They faced ancient and distinguished cultures, many of whose tenets were diametrically opposed to those they advocated.
However, conservatives advocated a more gradual and less thoroughgoing transition to commercial agriculture than even moderate liberals.
Two commonly advocated methods of describing results, risk differences (or the inverse: numbers needed to treat) and weighted mean differences, create difficulties in meta-analysis.
In the last simulation, a full land tenure privatization policy experiment is implemented, but under present informational structures; the policy strongly advocated presently by policymakers.
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.
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