champion

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight. 冠軍
...a former Olympic champion. …一位前奧運冠軍。
Kasparov became world champion. 卡斯帕羅夫成了世界冠軍。
2. N-COUNT If you are a champion of a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them. 擁護者; 捍衛者
He received acclaim as a champion of the oppressed. 他作爲被壓迫者的捍衛者而受到了贊譽。
3. V-T If you champion a person, a cause, or a principle, you support or defend them. 擁護; 捍衛
He passionately championed the poor. 他曾熱情地捍衛窮人。