espoused

英[ɪ'spaʊz] 美[ɪ'spaʊz]
  • vt.支持;赞成;嫁娶
espouser espoused espoused espousing espouses
    v. (动词)
    1. 拥护
    2. 赞同,赞成
    3. 协助
    4. 结婚,嫁娶
    5. 信奉,信仰
    6. 支持
    7. 娶(妻)
    8. 嫁(女)
    9. 与…成配偶,和…结婚
    10. 采纳
    11. 提倡,赞助

英英释义

Verb:
  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 Catholicism"
    "They adopted the Jewish faith"

    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. 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。
    2. But not all Talons espouse the humans' extermination.
      但是不是所有的魔爪都支持杀光人类。