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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But not all Talons espouse the humans'extermination.
  但是不是所有的魔爪都支持杀光人类。
• CENTRISTS espouse a "middle ground" regarding government control of the economy and personal behavior.
  中立派认为政府应该对个人和经济自由进行一定的控制。
• 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。
• But that same Teddy Roosevelt was the first president to espouse national healthcare, while Mr Huntsman, a former Utah governor, advocated repeal of ObamaCare during the Republican primaries.
  但西奥多•罗斯福是首位支持全民医保的美国总统，而曾任犹他州州长的洪博培在共和党初选期间却曾主张废除奥巴马医改（Obamacare）。
• 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