英汉词典

espouse 基本解释

• vt. 支持；嫁娶；赞成；信奉

espouse 词态变化

espouse 中文词源

e-, 缓音字母。spouse, 配偶。比喻义相互扶持，相互支持。

espouse 英文词源

espouse

espouse: [15] Etymologically, to espouse something is the same as to sponsor it. Both words go back ultimately to Latin spondēre ‘promise solemnly’. From it developed late Latin spōnsāre, which produced Old French espouser, source of the English verb. It originally meant ‘promise to marry’, but this particular semantic strand has survived only in the related noun spouse, and by the 17th century the now familiar metaphorical sense ‘adopt and support a cause’ had developed.
=> sponsor, spouse

espouse (v.)

mid-15c., "to take as spouse, marry," from Old French espouser "marry, take in marriage, join in marriage" (11c., Modern French épouser), from Latin sponsare, past participle of spondere "make an offering, perform a rite, promise secretly," hence "to engage oneself by ritual act" (see spondee). Extended sense of "adopt, embrace" a cause, party, etc., is from 1620s. Related: Espoused; espouses; espousing. For initial e-, see e-.

espouse 英文释义

1. choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans;

"She followed the feminist movement"

"The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

2. take in marriage

3. take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own;

"She embraced Catholocism"

"They adopted the Jewish faith"

espouse 双语例句

1. 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.

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2. People shelve the out - of - fashion moral icon and espouse the philosophy of egoism.

搁置了人民的时尚图标和拥护道德哲学的利己主义.

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3. 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.

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4. The army accuses the former separatists'party , Partai Aceh, of continuing to espouse independence.

军队指控原分离主义政党,亚齐党, 继续支持亚齐独立.

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5. But they, too, have been disrupted, and moderates are turning on those who espouse violence.

但他们, 同样, 被打乱了, 和减轻转动在那些拥护暴力.

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espouse 实用场景例句

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。

牛津词典

his recent espousal of populism

他最近对平民主义的支持

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The army accuses the former separatists'party , Partai Aceh, of continuing to espouse independence.

军队指控原分离主义政党,亚齐党, 继续支持亚齐独立.

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But they, too, have been disrupted, and moderates are turning on those who espouse violence.

但他们, 同样, 被打乱了, 和减轻转动在那些拥护暴力.

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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.

辞典例句

Meanwhile, managers from the 11 South Korean companies operating there espouse the advantages of the zone.

与此同时, 在此运营的11家韩国公司的经理们对这里的优势赞不绝口.

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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.

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