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champion

【英英释义】

n. a champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight. 冠军 usu with supp 通常和所有格连用

n. if you are a champion of a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them. 支持者，拥护者，捍卫者  usu with supp

v. if you champion a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them. 支持，拥护，捍卫  V n

to publicly support or defend a set of beliefs, politcal aims, or a group of people.

【词义深度解析】

champion作为动词时表示“支持，捍卫”，同义词有support, defend。

【例句学习】

1. I'm running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion. And I want to be that champion.

这里的everyday是ordinary的意思。 everyday是形容词，意思是“每天发生的，平常的，普通的”，不等于every day。

2. 将上句的champion动词化，就可以改写为下句：

I'm running for president so that I can champion everyday Americans.

3. Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan-born American novelist, writes to champion the cause of human rights and social justice. 此处的cause可以理解为“追求，理想，事业”。

美籍阿富汗作家卡勒德·胡塞尼著书支持追求人权与社会正义。

4. To champion something is to support it, to defend it. We champion the cause of liberty. Hugh Grant, an actor, champions the right of old people to die in their own homes.

【词汇运用】

1. 翻译：许多非政府组织力图捍卫教育平等。

Many Non-Government Organizations try to champion educational justice. （自己）

Many NGOs seek to champion the cause of education equality. （参考翻译）

分析：力图的翻译，选用seek to而非try to，程度要更强烈一些。the cause of education equality. 教育平等。

2. 生活场景应用

I champion him in pursuing his dream.