advocacy

柯林斯詞典

1. N-SING Someone's advocacy of a particular action or plan is their act of recommending it publicly. 倡議[正式]
I support your advocacy of free trade. 我支持你的自由貿(mào)易倡議。
2. N-UNCOUNT An advocacy group or organization is one that tries to influence the decisions of a government or other authority. 遊說 (組織)[美國英語]
Consumer advocacy groups are not so enthusiastic about removing restrictions on the telephone companies. 各顧客遊說組織對(duì)於取消對(duì)電話公司的限制不是那麼熱衷。