mindmap root((支持)) support is lease explicit about the nature of the assistance given: people who ~ the development of the area. uphold implies extended support given to something attacked: ~ the legitimacy of the military action. advocate stresses a verbal urging or pleading: ~d a return to basics in public school education. （verbal指语文，包括书面written和口头oral，如标准化考试中的verbal test语文考试，但有一个特例verbal agreement只表示口头协议，不表示书面协议，一般也不用oral代替） （plead: 1恳求, 2辩护，这里用1） back suggests a supporting by lending assistance to one failing or falling: allies refused to ~ the call for sanctions. champion suggests the public defending of those who are unjustly attacked or too weak to advocate their own cause: ~ed the rights of pregnant women.