v.提倡；主張
n.擁護者；提倡者；律師；辯護者
Many educators advocate a liberal education. 很多教育家提倡通才教育。
Many people advocate building more hospitals. 許多人主張增設(shè)醫(yī)院。
We advocate higher salaries for teachers. 我們主張漲老師的工資。
用作名詞 (n.)She is a passionate advocate of education reform. 她是一名教育改革的熱情擁護者。
This judge is a strong advocate of prison reform. 這位法官是監(jiān)獄改革的堅決擁護者。
The advocate has undertaken my case. 律師己接受我的案子。
He got the best advocate in town to defend him. 他請城里最好的律師為他辯護。
advocate屬及物動詞，后不可加介詞，如不可說He advocates for reform；
advocate后較少接that從句，如不常說He advocates that due attention (should) be paid to reform；
advocate后可接動名詞，不可接不定式。 We advocate stopping the practice.
v.(動詞)advocate用作及物動詞的基本意思是“提倡,主張”,指支持或擁護某事物或做某事。接名詞、代詞或動名詞作賓語,偶爾還可接that從句,從句中的謂語動詞要用虛擬式。
n.(名詞)advocate用作名詞的基本意思是“提倡者,擁護者”,指對某一事業(yè)、方針、政策等的支持者、擁護者、提倡者、鼓吹者,其后常接介詞of。
advocate還可指大陸法系國家的“辯護律師,辯護人”。
