- 1倡議、倡導（公開為某件事發聲；不是廣告，也不是「建議」）
Advocacy is public support for a cause, a group, or a way of doing things — speaking, writing, and pushing so that other people, and often the government, take it seriously. You hear it in news, , health, and school campaigns: climate advocacy, patient advocacy. It is a fairly formal civic word. The person who does this is an advocate. Though actually it is not only lawyers in court (that is one kind of advocate). A parent writing to a school, a nurse speaking for a patient, students asking for a new rule — that is advocacy too. It names the work of supporting out loud, not the private feeling of agreeing. It is not advertising (selling) and not advice (a private suggestion).
From the word’s history
From Middle English advocacie, from Middle French and Medieval Latin advocātia; advocate + -cy.
源自中世紀拉丁文 advocātia，就是 advocate 加上 -cy。
組成From Middle English advocacie, advocacye, from Middle French advocacie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia; in today’s English, equivalent to advocate + -cy (the noun for the work or stance of an advocate).
同家族的字
- advocatethe person, or the verb “to speak for”; this noun is that word plus -cy
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
advocacynoun/ˈæd.və.kə.si/
- 1
The profession of an advocate.
- 2
The act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something.
- “As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death penalty, which was part of his tough-on-crime rhetoric during the 2024 campaign.
- 3
The practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。