espoused

英 [ɪˈspaʊzd]

美 [ɪˈspaʊzd]

v.  支持，拥护，赞成(信仰、政策等)
espouse的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：espoused　过去式：espoused　

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。

双语例句

• First and most important, we must have a clear understanding of the ideology espoused by the enemy.
  第一个，也是最重要的教训是，我们必须对敌方的意识形态有清晰的理解。
• This barefooted, often whipped child growing up espoused the cause of the Indian revolution and then that of the people of China.
  这个幼年赤着双脚，时常挨打的姑娘成年了，先是支持印度的革命事业，然后又和中国人民的事业结下了不解之缘。
• There is no such group as the New World Order, though many have espoused this philosophy.
  并没有被称为世界新秩序的组织，虽然很多人支持这种观点。
• Now the theories espoused by those pioneers have "generally become an established component in broader urban policies".
  如今，那些先锋人物支持的这些理论，已经“普遍成为更广泛城市政策中的一个既定部分”。
• He had espoused the joint use of analysis and pure geometry.
  他赞成联合运用解析几何与纯粹几何。
• It turned out that his primary role there was to develop arguments about climate change that happened to be consistent with those espoused by oil interests.
  事实上他在那里的主要角色是制定有关气候变化的论点，而这些论点要和石油利益集团支持的观点一致。
• But now David Cameron, the latest leader of Britain's once rather materialistic Conservative Party, has espoused the notion of "general well-being"( GWB) as an alternative to the more traditional GDP.
  而今大卫•卡梅伦，作为一度十分崇尚物质的英国保守党的最新领导人，也提出应更加关注GWB（国内幸福指数）而不仅仅只看GDP（国内生产总值）。
• Corporate integrity is not simply a noble principle espoused at the top levels of corporate management.
  公司的正直不仅是管理高层所支持的高贵原则。
• Mr Clinton espoused a free-trade position and embraced globalisation through his presidency.
  克林顿采取了支持自由贸易的立场，并在他的总统任期内始终支持全球化。
• You put the lifelong espoused to me, give you say jins of sugar.
  你把终身许配我，给你称斤白砂糖。