supporter

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sup·port·er /səˈpɔːtə $ -ɔːrtər/ S3 W2 noun [countableC]

1 SUPPORT A PERSON, GROUP, OR PLANsomeone who supports a particular person, group, or plan 支持者，拥护者 → fan

strong/firm/staunch supporter

one of Bush’s staunchest supporters

布什最忠实的支持者之一

supporter of

supporters of animal rights legislation

支持为动物权利立法的人

2 British EnglishBrESUPPORT A TEAM OR PLAYER someone who likes a particular sports team, and often goes to watch them play 〔某一球队的〕支持者，球迷 SYN fan

Manchester United supporters

曼彻斯特联队的支持者

n COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + supporter

a strong supporter

He was a strong supporter of co-education.

a loyal supporter

The party still has many loyal supporters.

a staunch supporter (=a strong and loyal supporter)

Even his staunchest supporters acknowledge that he is unlikely to win.

an enthusiastic/keen supporter

Eisenhower had been an enthusiastic supporter of the regime.

an ardent/fervent supporter (=very enthusiastic)

She is an ardent supporter of the government's proposed tax reforms.

an active supporter

He remained an active supporter of Greenpeace.

a leading supporter

Many of his leading supporters had by now either escaped abroad or been captured.

a political supporter

He is one of the governor's key political supporters.

Obama/Labour etc supporters

Most of the newspaper's readers were Labour supporters.

Examples from the Corpus

supporter• Supporters of women's rights are protesting against the court's decision.• The town was full of football supporters, waiting for the big day.• The strongest opposition is likely to come from supporters of nuclear power, which was cut sharply in the Clinton budget.• Nevertheless, Kasparov is coming under increasing criticism from his supporters for his stubborn adherence to the Grunfeld Defence.• How does he sound populist without offending his supporters in the corporate boardroom?• Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble.• Milan supporters cheered as they scored their first goal in two games.• a Labour Party supporter• Rangers' supporters replied in kind, and so the blood feud went on and on - and continues to this day.• Several supporters were arrested outside the stadium.• Mill was a strong supporter of political reform.• She had always been one of the prime minister's strongest supporters.• It was the revolutionaries who were the villains, the Royals and their supporters the good and kind and handsome heroes.• Hormel is a long-time supporter of the Democratic Party and there were no suggestions of wrongdoing on his part.

strong/firm/staunch supporter• As a former schoolmaster, he has always been outspoken on education issues and a firm supporter of traditional learning methods.• The occasion will, I hear, attract Mrs T's staunchest supporters.• Even its long-standing strong supporters are cautious in their appraisals today.• Both were strong supporters of municipal enterprise.• All five of the daughters of James Newbigin were strong supporters of the feminist cause.

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