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 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
• Some teachers enthusiastically espouse the benefits to be gained from educational software.
  有些教师热烈赞同可以从教学软件中得到好处的观点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• On the Genesis and Transformation of Mencius Reconstructive Theory of Literary Interpretation; Actually, a lot of feminist quotes have been taken out of context, and there are many different branches of feminism which espouse different ideals.
  从断章取义到以意逆志&孟子复原式解释理论的产生与演变事实上，女权主义者的言论屡遭断章取义；而且，女权主义也有诸多流派，信奉不同的理念。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。