proponent

英 [prəˈpəʊnənt]

美 [prəˈpoʊnənt]

n.  倡导者; 支持者; 拥护者

复数：proponents　

TOEFLTEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11978 / COCA.5744

牛津词典

noun

• 倡导者；支持者；拥护者
  a person who supports an idea or course of action

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 支持者；拥护者；辩护者
  If you are aproponent ofa particular idea or course of action, you actively support it.
  1. Halsey was identified as a leading proponent of the values of progressive education.
     哈尔西被认为是进步教育价值观的主要拥护者。

英英释义

noun

• a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
  Synonym:advocateadvocatorexponent

双语例句

• I'm a strong proponent of "following your bliss," but it does take some creativity to make it pay off sometimes.
  我并不是”追随幸福“的强烈支持者，但有时候确要一点创造力才能让激情产生回报。
• David Bonior, an Obama economic adviser and proponent of a more interventionist industrial policy in the1980s.
  邦宁是上世纪八十年代政府加大干预产业政策的支持者。
• He has been an ardent supporter of natural remedies and a proponent of arginine use for more than a decade.
  他是自然疗法和精氨酸使用的热心支持者，有着十多年的经验。
• Are you an ardent proponent for animal rights? Through your research you learn that one of the company's subsidiaries does animal testing.
  你是动物权利的热心支持者吗？通过调查，你了解到该公司一个子公司进行动物实验。
• Could it be that religious faith has some direct influence on physiology and health? Harvard's Herbert Benson is probably the most persuasive proponent of this view.
  可能对生理和健康有直接的影响？哈佛的赫伯特•本森大概是这理论最具说服力的提倡者。
• At The French Laundry, Keller became an early proponent of a system of cooking known as sous vide.
  在法国洗衣房，凯勒成为一个烹饪各县随已知系统的早期倡议者。
• But it did see merit in the proposal made by the delegation of argentina, that if the proponent of the proposals were listed, they could have a comparative analysis.
  但该代表团的确看到阿根廷代表团提案的优点，即如果把提案国列出来，就可以进行比较分析。
• Any honest proponent of legalisation would be wise to assume that drug-taking as a whole would rise.
  任何诚实的立法支持者都会很明智地假想到药品携带将会作为一个整体上升。
• But Ms. Johnson Sirleaf sided with the army, which was the strongest proponent of the quarantine and took the lead in enforcing it, especially in the first two days.
  但约翰逊·瑟利夫站在了军队一边，军队不仅是隔离措施最强烈的支持方，而且还牵头实施了隔离，特别是在最初两天。
• A stalwart proponent of tax reform;
  对税务改革的顽固反对；