原级：apologist
1. Apologists for gene patents argue that the issue is a tempest in a teapot, that patent licenses are readily available at minimal cost.
2. There are many definitions for that phrase, from apologists for the rich to lazy bones in research.
3. Apologists spoke of the star's " honesty " and " refusal to sell out ".
4. But nor should apologists for deficits point to Japan as reason to be calm about outsized stimulus packages.
5. Some commentators - perhaps BP apologists - suggest this was bound to happen and BP was simply the unlucky company to which this disaster befell.