TOEFL SAT TEM8
外刊例句
- Some minimum-wage proponents go even further, arguing that a higher minimum boosts jobs by shifting income towards people who consume more of what they earn.
一些支持最低工资的人甚至更进一步地认为提高最低工资能够促进就业,因为消费占收入的百分比更高的群体拿到了更多收入。
——《经济学人》 - Proponents of access point out that such notes, which include extensive diagnostic reports, are already available to other doctors and to insurers.
主张允许心理疾病患者查询病历——包括大量诊断报告在内——的人士指出,这类病历已经对其他医生以及保险商开放了。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action
[名词] 公开发言支持某一特定想法或行动计划的人
深入解读
proponent源自拉丁语proponentem(提出建议或论点的人),主要指某一观点或行动计划的倡导者、支持者、拥护者,与opponent(反对者)相对。比如可持续发展的主要支持者,就可以说“a leading proponent of sustainable development”。在法律上,proponent还可以指“提出认证遗嘱者”或“(法律文书的)提出者、提议人”。
影视用例
出自纪录片《寻找小糖人》(Searching for Sugar Man)。故事围绕着寻找音乐人西斯托·罗德里格斯展开,他的专辑在美国仅售出6张,却在南非异常流行。该片分别获得第66届英国电影学院奖最佳纪录片奖和第85届奥斯卡金像奖最佳纪录片奖。
同近义词
- exponent: a person who supports an idea, theory, etc. and persuades others that it is good
- advocate: someone who publicly supports something
- patron: a person or group that supports an activity or organization, especially by giving money