sym·pa·thiz·er (also sympathiser British English) /ˈsɪmpəθaɪzə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]
PPGSUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANsomeone who supports the aims of an organization or political party 〔机构或政党的〕支持者SYN supporter
The anti-abortion rally attracted many sympathizers.
反堕胎集会吸引了很多支持者。
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sympathizer• When friends and sympathizers of this group protested, they too were sent home.• She found only one - a woman who feels betrayed by sympathizers in the West.• He thought money from sympathizers had formed the reliablebackbone, though he wasn't going to argue with Terry.• These include massacres and dislocation of civilians in the name of rooting out supposedguerrillasympathizers.• In the 1940s, my uncle was accused of being a Nazisympathizer.• His opponents accused him of being a Nazi sympathizer.• Police accused him of being a rebelsympathizer and he was charged with extortion and resistingarrest.• The initialbone of contention was the question of the terms on which sympathizers should be admitted to the Party.