espouse 详细解释

espouse

[is'pauz]

vt. 支持, 赞成, 嫁娶

vt.

1. 拥护, 支持, 信奉(主义、学说等)

The ideas she espoused were incomprehensible to me.

她信奉的这些观念我一窍不通。

2. 娶(妻); 嫁(女)

词形变化

名词: espouser | 动词过去式: espoused | 动词过去分词: espoused | 动词现在分词: espousing | 动词第三人称单数: espouses |

词义辨析

同义参见:

marry  

英英释义

动词 espouse:

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

同义词：adopt, follow

take in marriage

同义词：marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with

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

同义词：embrace, adopt, sweep up

补充

espouseespouse英:[isˈpauz] 美:[ɪˈspaʊz]vt.1.(决定)支持, 拥护(目标、主张等)

例句

1. I espoused old-fashioned values: honesty, decency, loyalty.我拥护旧有的价值观：诚实、正派、忠诚。 2. She ran away to Mexico and espoused the revolutionary cause.她跑到了墨西哥, 去支持那里的革命事业。 3. By virtue of these presents the wife is espoused.有了这些聘礼, 就可以娶媳妇过门了。 4. Jessica espoused an American communist.杰茜卡嫁给了一个美国共产主义者。 5. the left has espoused the causes of sexual and racial equality.左翼势力支持争取性别和种族平等的事业。 6. Edward had espoused the lady Grey.爱德华娶了格雷小姐。 7. The new theory has been espoused by many leading physicists.这一新理论已得到许多最优秀的物理学家的支持。 8. Those espousing unpopular views were often excluded.那些拥护非主流观点的人常常受到排挤。 9. "an espouser [=supporter, proponent] of liberal causes"自由主义事业的拥护者

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