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

• These thought leaders commonly espouse the idea that there is as much mileage to be gained from harnessing strengths as there is from shoring up weaknesses.
  这些思想的领袖们通常都主张发挥优势，要比治愈劣势要获得的好处多。
• 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。
• It stands as a challenge to other nations to live by the principles they espouse.
  它是对其它国家提出的挑战，要求它们遵循自身所信奉的准则。
• The Chinese people on both sides of the Straits all believe that there is only one China and espouse national reunification. taiwan's status as an inalienable part of China has been determined and cannot be changed. "self-determination" for Taiwan is out of the question.
  海峡两岸的中国人民都主张只有一个中国，都拥护国家的统一，台湾作为中国不可分割的一部分的地位是确定的、不能改变的，不存在什么“自决”的问题。
• Those who espouse discovery note that mathematical statements are true or false regardless of personal beliefs, suggesting that they have some external reality.
  那些“发现说”的支持者们指出，数学陈述的对和错与个人的信仰无关，从而表现出某种客观现实性。
• 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。
• 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。
• But not all Talons espouse the humans'extermination.
  但是不是所有的魔爪都支持杀光人类。
• Self-help books that espouse clever chat-up lines, psychological mind-games and manipulation of body language actually make it harder to find a soulmate, it was said.
  据称，自助手册中建议的妙语连珠、心理游戏以及肢体语言，这些手段的运用事实上反而会增加觅得意中人的难度。
• 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。