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advocacy

/ad-vuh-kuh-see/US // ˈæd və kə si //UK // (ˈædvəkəsɪ) //

宣传,倡导,主张,提倡

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ad·vo·ca·cies.

    • : the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal: He was known for his advocacy of states' rights.

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Examples

  • As a result of these groups’ efforts, elected Republicans are confronted with messaging and advocacy that paint the electorate as more conservative than it really is.

  • People conceived through donor insemination are matching with half-siblings, tracking down their donors, forming networks and advocacy organizations.

  • A crop of families, doctors and advocacy groups have advocated for an expansion in visitation, citing isolation that can trigger a decline in health.

  • Environmental advocacy groups think the city is low-balling itself from the get-go.

  • The road to the ruling confirming that belief involved years of advocacy and many losses – and while this decision is a landmark in that effort, more legal work remains to be done to determine the full scope of LGBTQ workers’ rights.

  • In Uganda, legislators are considering further criminalization of LGBT advocacy and same-sex relationships.

  • It was one of the first organizations in the building, along with the Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE).

  • Meanwhile advocacy groups like GLAAD help rid our larger culture of hidden biases and bigotry.

  • State officials were not amused, and are suing the advocacy group for copyright infringement.

  • Soft money—unlimited contributions to party committees made in support of fuzzy “issue advocacy” rather than campaigns—ruled.

  • His strong advocacy of Jefferson's agrarian program gained him a reading audience of farmers as well as statesmen.

  • I see and hear no advocacy of Socialism whose burden is not the uplift of humanity.

  • The day after his advocacy of the American petitions before the Privy Council, he was dismissed from office.

  • Why the Times gave such earnest advocacy to the slaveholders may be inferred from what follows.

  • Under the leadership of the tribune Sulpicius the popular party was induced to take up the advocacy of the claims of the Italians.