apologist

noun

1. （尤指政治或宗教方面的）辩护者，辩解者
   a person who tries to explain and defend sth, especially a political system or religious ideas

1. N-COUNT 辩解者；辩护者
   An apologist is a person who writes or speaks in defence of a belief, a cause, or a person's life.
   1. 'I am no apologist for Hitler,' observed Pyat.
      “我不是为希特勒辩护，”皮亚说。
   2. ...the great Christian apologist Origen.
      伟大的基督教辩护士奥利金

1. 'I am no apologist for Hitler,' observed Pyat.
   “我不是为希特勒辩护，”皮亚说。
2. Bestselling author and Christian apologist Josh McDowell hopes The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict will further document historical evidence of the Christian faith.
   畅销作家与基督教辩护士说笑一筹莫展，希望有新的证据，要求判决将进一步证明基督教信仰的历史文献。
3. When he famously declared that "I believe in justice, but I will defend my mother before justice," he was denounced as a colonial apologist.
   他宣布“我相信正义，但是我捍卫我的祖国胜过正义，”而闻名于世，有人指责他是殖民地的辩护者。
4. Kant notwithstanding, it is tempting to agree with my hypothetical apologist that absolutist morals are usually driven by religion.
   尽管有康德在，关于道德由宗教驱动的问题上，去同意我的假想护教师实在是一件诱人的事情。

noun

1. a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
   1. an apologist for capital punishment

   Synonym:    vindicatorjustifier