espouse

英 [ɪˈspaʊz]

美 [ɪˈspaʊz]

v.  支持，拥护，赞成(信仰、政策等)

过去分词：espoused　过去式：espoused　现在分词：espousing　第三人称单数：espouses　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11682 / COCA.9966

牛津词典

verb

• 支持，拥护，赞成（信仰、政策等）
  to give your support to a belief, policy etc.
  1. They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education.
     他们赞同在教育方面人人机会均等的观念。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 支持;拥护
  If youespousea particular policy, cause, or belief, you become very interested in it and give your support to it.
  1. She ran away with him to Mexico and espoused the revolutionary cause.
     她跟着他逃到墨西哥，并支持革命事业。

英英释义

verb

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
  1. She embraced Catholicism
  2. They adopted the Jewish faith
  Synonym:embraceadoptsweep up
• choose and follow
  1. She followed the feminist movement
  2. The candidate espouses Republican ideals
  Synonym:adoptfollow
• take in marriage
  Synonym:marryget marriedwedconjoinhook up withget hitched with

双语例句

• They're all pretty good for a group of people, not least of all to the people who espouse them because they use them and find them effective.
  它对于很多人来说是很好的，至少有人拥护它，因为他们利用它来达到提高效益的目的。
• True knights in shining armour, in principle at least, these men espouse the noble ideals of chivalry and honour.
  精英类型：后期专业部队骑士们穿著光亮的装甲，至少，这些人骑士拥有高尚荣誉的理想。
• Today, astronomers espouse the theory that comets spawn the swarms.
  如今，天文学家们支持彗星产生了流星团的说法。
• The firm does not espouse any single architectural expression, but strives to find that which is unique and important to a given project.
  我公司并不赞同任何单一建筑表达，但始终努力寻找对于所给项目来说唯一而重要的建筑表达。
• Whether Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Espouse Confucianism as the Orthodox State Ideology: still on the Thoughtway
  论汉武帝是否独尊儒术&也谈思想方法问题
• She ran away with him to Mexico and espoused the revolutionary cause.
  她跟着他逃到墨西哥，并支持革命事业。
• It would be irresponsible to espouse such radicalism if an alternative might work.
  如果还有其他方案可能管用，支持这样的激进主义就是不负责任的。
• There has been a lot of doom and gloom about the Chinese role in the world economy, especially about China's propensity to record large trade surpluses and its alleged refusal to espouse a policy of raising the value of the renminbi and boosting domestic demand.
  中国在世界经济中扮演的角色有许多不光彩之处，特别是它追求巨额贸易顺差，并被指拒绝采纳让人民币升值和扩大内需的政策。
• It is not just the courses 'participants and tutors who espouse the importance of creative writing techniques in business.
  不仅仅是课程的参与者和老师倡导创意性写作技巧在商业中的重要性。
• There's little doubt in my mind that other frameworks and programming paradigms will espouse these ideas.
  我认为，其他框架和编程范例将毫无疑问地支持这些思想。