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 espouse [ɪs'paʊz]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 支持, 赞成, 嫁, 娶

[法] 娶, 出嫁, 信奉


  1. This organization espouses the socialist philosophy.
    这个组织支持社会主义哲学。
  2. 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。
  3. Meanwhile, managers from the11 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。


espouse


Espouse \Es*pouse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Espoused}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Espousing}.] [OF. espouser, esposer, F. ['e]pouser,
L. sponsare to betroth, espouse, fr. sponsus betrothed, p. p.
of spondere to promise solemnly or sacredly. Cf. {Spouse}.]
1. To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.

A virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph.
--Luke i. 27.

2. To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.

Lavinia will I make my empress, . . .
And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse. --Shak.

3. To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make
one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.
``He espoused that quarrel.'' --Bacon.

Promised faithfully to espouse his cause as soon as
he got out of the war. --Bp. Burnet.

  1. Do you really espouse the profit motive as the major determinant of the content of our limited broadcast capacities?
  2. It fell to a liberal Democrat, Rep. Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, to espouse support for the position "the Bush administration has wisely pursued." He said it would be wrong to punish Gorbachev for the sins of Stalin.
  3. Many of Fujisankei's dozens of media organizations espouse conservatism and nationalism.
  4. Mr. Clinton appealed to those Southerners as one of their own (though one wonders if the Clintons would quickly espouse more socially advanced values once they're free of Arkansas).
  5. "All political organizations have the right to exist and the democratic right to espouse their own particular viewpoint," it says.
  6. But many MPs espouse particular causes (MP's interests are listed in Dod's) and will take up a campaign for non-constituents. Guthrie wrote to his own MP, as well as to local business organisations and the Yorkshire Post newspaper.
  7. He was one of the first to espouse the idea of a powerful world trade organisation to replace the Gatt, a proposal later supported by the EU. Mr Ruggiero spent much of his 30 years with the Italian foreign service on European policy issues.
  8. Roh's party is declining in popularity as inflation rises, but most South Koreans do not support radicals who espouse violence.
  9. It's warm and sensual," Taylor said. "I think Eternity stands for love, romance and commitment." Regardless of the values they espouse, both perfumes have the smell of money.
  10. Your article was certainly eye-opening in its content and (hopefully) an embarrassment to those who espouse the "prosperity doctrine" while claiming to be followers of Christ.
  11. The other four groups in the alliance espouse a more fundamentalist form of Islam than that advocated by Mojaddidi, Gailani and Mohammadi.
  12. In fact, the administration, which continues to espouse a free-trade philosophy, will find support for those views in the FTC report.
  13. GOP voters will have to look closely to find substantial differences between Karnes and his primary challenger, U.S. Rep. Hal Daub, both of whom espouse a conservative philosophy, according to Republican stalwarts.
  14. Radical groups that espouse violence, such as the Pan African Congress, claim they are attracting thousands of former ANC members disillusioned by Mandela's moderate line.
  15. The outcome of the case is being watched closely by many of the estimated 650,000 members of the Christian Science church who shun doctors and medicine and espouse spiritual healing.
  16. Sin, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Manila, said it also was important to distinguish between rebels who espouse communism and those who fight because they are poor and jobless with no hope of lawful endeavors.
  17. The leading "permanent opposition" parties, which espouse a leftist ideology, have failed to present a persuasive alternative to policies that helped build Japan's powerful economy.
  18. Like its chairman, Nobutaka Shikanai, many of the company's media outlets espouse conservatism and nationalism.
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