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

• Don't tell off-color jokes, reveal company secrets, gossip about co-workers or espouse your views on race, religion or the boss'personality.
  不要讲低俗的笑话、泄露公司机密、讲同事的闲话或宣扬你关于种族、宗教的观点或你老板的人格。
• 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
• Yet it suggests that they have not been driven by the lofty ideals that Mr Brin and Mr Page espouse.
  然而，它确实暗示，赫尔利和陈士骏没有被布林和佩奇推崇的那种高尚理想打动。
• 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 oligarchs, who by and large espouse liberal ideas, retain much power.
  大体上拥护自由主义思想的寡头们也仍握有很大的权力。
• We espouse gender equality in all other aspects of life, and it is an anomaly that in the rules relating to the highest public officer we continue to enshrine male superiority, Cameron wrote.
  我们在生活中的其他方面都尊重男女平等，而在涉及到最高公职人员时我们继续把男权奉为神明，这是一种反常现象。
• Another goal was to actually use the technologies we espouse.
  另一个设计目标是真正使用我们所倡导的技术。
• 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。
• 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。
• But not all Talons espouse the humans'extermination.
  但是不是所有的魔爪都支持杀光人类。