to support something publicly拥护；支持；提倡- advocate something The group does not advocate the use of violence.该团体不支持使用暴力。🔊🔊
- Heart specialists strongly advocate low-cholesterol diets.心脏病专家大力提倡低胆固醇饮食。
- These policies have been widely advocated.这些政策已得到广泛的拥护。
- advocate (somebody) doing something Many experts advocate rewarding your child for good behaviour.很多专家主张对小孩的良好表现加以奖励。🔊🔊
- advocate that… The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors.报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟雾报警器。🔊🔊
- (British English also) The report advocated that all buildings should be fitted with smoke detectors.报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟雾报警器。🔊🔊
Synonyms recommendrecommendThese words all mean to tell somebody what you think they should do in a particular situation.- recommend to tell somebody what you think they should do in a particular situation; to say what you think the price or level of something should be:
- We’d recommend you to book your flight early.我们建议你早点儿预订航班。
- a recommended price of $50 建议售价 50 美元
- advise to tell somebody what you think they should do in a particular situation:
- I’d advise you not to tell him.我劝你别告诉他。
recommend or advise?用 recommend 还是 advise？Advise is a stronger word than recommend and is often used when the person giving the advice is in a position of authority: Police are advising fans without tickets to stay away. • Police are recommending fans without tickets to stay away. I advise you… can suggest that you know better than the person you are advising: this may cause offence if they are your equal or senior to you. I recommend… mainly suggests that you are trying to be helpful and is less likely to cause offence. Recommend is often used with more positive advice to tell somebody about possible benefits and advise with more negative advice to warn somebody about possible dangers: He advised reading the book before seeing the movie. • I would recommend against going out on your own. - advocate (formal) to support or recommend something publicly:指拥护、公开支持、提倡：
- The group does not advocate the use of violence.该团体不支持使用暴力。
- urge (formal) to recommend something strongly:指大力推荐、竭力主张：
- The situation is dangerous and the UN is urging caution.局势岌岌可危，联合国力主谨慎行事。
Patterns- to recommend/advise/advocate/urge that…
- It is recommended/advised/advocated/urged that…
- to recommend/advise/urge somebody to do something
- to recommend/advise/advocate doing something
- to strongly recommend/advise/advocate somebody/something
Topics Opinion and argumentc1Oxford Collocations DictionaryadverbphrasesSee full entry Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French avocat, from Latin advocatus, past participle (used as a noun) of advocare ‘call (to one's aid)’, from ad- ‘to’ + vocare ‘to call’.