espouse
verb /ɪˈspaʊz/
/ɪˈspaʊz/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they espouse | /ɪˈspaʊz/ /ɪˈspaʊz/ |
| he / she / it espouses | /ɪˈspaʊzɪz/ /ɪˈspaʊzɪz/ |
| past simple espoused | /ɪˈspaʊzd/ /ɪˈspaʊzd/ |
| past participle espoused | /ɪˈspaʊzd/ /ɪˈspaʊzd/ |
| -ing form espousing | /ɪˈspaʊzɪŋ/ /ɪˈspaʊzɪŋ/ |
- espouse something to give your support to a belief, policy, etc.
支持，拥护，赞成（信仰、政策等） - They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education.
他们赞同在教育方面人人机会均等的观念。
Collocations DictionaryEspouse is used with these nouns as the object:- belief
- idea
- ideal
- …
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘take as a spouse’): from Old French espouser, from Latin sponsare, from sponsus ‘betrothed’, past participle of spondere. - They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education.