championing是什么意思？

championing

• vt. 为…而斗争，捍卫，声援（champion的现在分词形式）；

例句

• Today he is most remembered of championing the idea. 今天,人们对他倡导的思想记忆犹新.
• And he must go further , by championing three principles. 如果该条款不被撤出,奥巴马先生应该否决整个法案.
• This coheres with Peel's championing of alternative music... 这与皮尔倡导另类音乐的做法一致。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  冠军
  A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
  例句
  ...a former Olympic champion... 前奥运会冠军 Kasparov became world champion. 卡斯帕罗夫成为世界冠军。
• N-COUNT
  支持者；拥护者；捍卫者
  If you are a champion of a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them.
  例句
  He received acclaim as a champion of the oppressed... 他因维护被压迫者的利益而备受称赞。 He was once known as a champion of social reform. 他曾经是社会改革的拥护者。
• VERB
  支持；拥护；捍卫
  If you champion a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them.
  例句
  He passionately championed the poor... 他满腔热情地捍卫穷人的利益。 The amendments had been championed by pro-democracy activists. 修正案一直受到亲民主的活跃分子的支持。