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

• But not all Talons espouse the humans'extermination.
  但是不是所有的魔爪都支持杀光人类。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But the ideas they espouse about how to handle recessions were rejected by nearly all economists after the disasters of the 1930s. It is tragic that in recent years the old ideas have again taken root.
  但这些人关于如何应对衰退所持有的观点，是上世纪30年代金融灾难后被几乎所有经济学家所否定的。可悲的是，近年来，这些老思想又卷土重来。
• Vegetarianism is one cause she does not espouse.
  素食主义是她不赞成的一种主张。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。