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championing

/cham-pee-uhn/US // ˈtʃæm pi ən //UK // (ˈtʃæmpɪən) //

倡导,拥护,冠军,支持

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
    • : anything that takes first place in competition: the champion of a cattle show.
    • : an animal that has won a certain number of points in officially recognized shows: This dog is a champion.
    • : a person who fights for or defends any person or cause: a champion of the oppressed.
    • : a fighter or warrior.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to act as champion of; defend; support: to champion a cause.
    • : Obsolete. to defy.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : first among all contestants or competitors.
    • : Informal. first-rate.

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Examples

  • In Heinsohn’s first season, the defending NBA champions missed the playoffs for the first time since 1950.

  • It was among the more pleasant diversions since the outbreak for the coach of the reigning national champions after the NCAA canceled last season’s tournament.

  • On Monday, the field shrank by one when tournament organizers announced that 2017 champion Sergio Garcia will miss the tournament after testing positive for the coronavirus.

  • Masters tournament organizers announced Monday that 2017 champion Sergio Garcia will miss this year’s tournament after testing positive for the coronavirus.

  • Saturday removed any doubt, however, about the likely SEC East champion’s most obvious strength.

  • Ironically, as pope, his championing of the poor has given Liberation Theology a new lease on life.

  • Daniels says, championing the plight of an ethical news producer.

  • Irwin appears to have spent his career championing ideas that were simultaneously perfectly logical and extravagantly bizarre.

  • Obama started off well, championing service repeatedly during the 2008 campaign.

  • It features a scantily clad woman wearing a balaclava and holding a sign championing the dissident feminist anti-Putin punk band.

  • I should have remembered the consequences to the Countess if it were proven that she had been championing a fraud.

  • A noble objection to oppression; a noble championing of the rule of public right—these were the staples of Gladstones prophecy.

  • But in championing one rational virtue they employ two Christian vices, hypocrisy and intolerance.

  • To which Mrs Milvey added, taking thought for him, like the championing little wife she was; 'Oh yes, detained at the last moment.

  • The sight of the woman he loved championing his foe seemed to madden him.

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