单词 | advocate |
释义 | ad·vo·cate 1 /'ad-və-kət, -ˌkāt/ n [Latin advocatus adviser to a party in a lawsuit, counselor, from past participle of advocare to summon, employ as counsel, from ad to + vocare to call] 1: a person (as a lawyer) who works and argues in support of another's cause esp. in court 2: a person or group that defends or maintains a cause or proposal a consumer ~ ad·vo·cate 2 /'ad-və-ˌkāt/ vb -cat·ed, -cat·ing vt: to argue in favor of vi: to act as an advocate shall ~ for minority business — V. M. Rivera |
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