exponent
noun /ɪkˈspəʊnənt/
/ɪkˈspəʊnənt/
- a person who supports an idea, theory, etc. and persuades others that it is good
synonym proponent(观点、理论等的)拥护者,鼓吹者,倡导者 - She was a leading exponent of free trade during her political career
她从政期间是自由贸易的主要倡导者。 - Huxley was an exponent of Darwin’s theory of evolution.
赫胥黎是达尔文进化论的倡导者。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- foremost
- leading
- …
- exponent of
- She was a leading exponent of free trade during her political career
- a person who is able to perform a particular activity with skill
(某种活动的)能手,大师 - the most famous exponent of the art of mime
最著名的哑剧表演艺术大师 - a leading exponent of the Japanese flute
日本长笛大师
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- foremost
- leading
- …
- exponent of
- the most famous exponent of the art of mime
- (mathematics
) a raised figure or symbol that shows how many times a quantity must be multiplied by itself, for example the figure 4 in a4数学 指数
词源late 16th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘expounding’): from Latin exponent- ‘putting out’, from the verb exponere ‘expose, publish, explain’, from ex- ‘out’ + ponere ‘put’.