advocate 作为动词时译为“为……辩护”，作为名词是译为“提倡者、辩护者”。例句：
Chinese advocated rule by moral persuasion in accordance with the concept of li ("propriety"), a set of generally accepted social values or norms of behavior.
译：中国人过去主张依照符合“礼”之观念的道德规劝来治理国家。礼是一套被广为认同的社会价值或行为规范。
They wanted to create a central government as advocated by the Federalists.
译：他们想建立一个像联邦党人所倡议的中央政府。
Advocates of the common law assert that civil law makes possibly futile attempts to predict and control the course of developments.
译：普通法（判例法）的倡导者认为大陆法（制定法）可能无法预料和控制社会发展的进程。
