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

• 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。
• That crafty prince was espoused three times.
  那位狡黠的君主结过三次婚。
• 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）。
• 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。
• His investing philosophy may sound like that espoused by the sage of Omaha.
  他的投资哲学，听起来可能与巴菲特推崇的投资理念有些相似。
• 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”。
• Its support of competition and private markets, and hostility to sizable regulations, is a direct descendant of the classical liberal views, as espoused for example in Smith's Wealth of Nations.
  它支持竞争和私人市场、而反对大规模的管制，这样的态度，完全是继承了古典自由主义的看法，譬如，就像斯密的《国富论》所信奉的观点。
• In the war of Independence France espoused the cause of America.
  在美国独立战争中，法国支持美国。
• The ideas she espoused were incomprehensible to me.
  她信奉的这些观念我一窍不通。
• 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。