espouse
- IPA[ɪˈspaʊz]
英式
- adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life)；marry
verb: espouse, 3rd person present: espouses, gerund or present participle: espousing, past tense: espoused, past participle: espoused
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life) she espoused the causes of justice and freedom for all
- 2. archaic marry Edward had espoused the lady Grey
- ▪ (of a woman) be engaged to (a particular man) she was secretly espoused to his son, Peter a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph
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- IPA[iˈspouz]
美式
- adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life): he turned his back on the modernism he had espoused in his youth
Oxford American Dictionary
