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

• 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”。
• 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。
• P.Thompson berated him as a traitor to the noble socialist ideals that he once espoused.
  汤普森等强力左翼人士指责柯拉柯夫斯基背叛了他曾一度信奉的社会主义高贵理念。
• Some of his colleagues knew that Winston Churchill had same convictions and ideals in his private life as he espoused with his brilliant oratory in the public life.
  丘吉尔的一些同事都知道他在私人生活中仍旧延续着他在面对公众的非凡演讲中所展示的信念与理想。
• Argentines should note that Brazil's centre-left government has espoused fiscal prudence and free trade and welcomed foreign investment.
  阿根廷应当注意到巴西的中左政府慎重对待经济数据、赞同自由贸易及欢迎国外投资。
• That crafty prince was espoused three times.
  那位狡黠的君主结过三次婚。
• 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。
• 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）。
• The first has been adopted by many countries but the separation of executive, legislature and judiciary has been espoused most zealously by the US.
  许多国家都采纳了前者，但美国是行政、立法与司法权分离的最积极拥护者。
• Because of the crisis, the pendulum is swinging dangerously away from the principles Mrs Thatcher espoused.
  由于危机的出现，钟摆正在危险地摆离撒切尔夫人所拥护的原则。