Espouse
[ɪ'spaʊz;e-] or [ɪ'spaʊz]
解释:
(verb.) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; 'She embraced Catholicism'; 'They adopted the Jewish faith'.
录入:露西--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To betroth; to promise in marriage; to give as spouse.
(v. t.) To take as spouse; to take to wife; to marry.
(v. t.) To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.
巴尔托迪编辑
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Betroth, promise marriage with.[2]. Marry, wed, join in wedlock.[3]. Adopt, defend, embrace, maintain, support.
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解释:
v.t. to give in marriage: to take as spouse: to wed: to take with a view to maintain: to embrace as a cause.—ns. Espous′al the act of espousing or betrothing: the taking upon one's self as a cause: (pl.) a contract or mutual promise of marriage; Espous′er.
编辑:马里奥
例句:
- Espouse the red whiskers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- When I left college, I was sent out to Jamaica, to espouse a bride already courted for me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- But if Dorothea did choose to espouse her solitude, he felt that the resolution would well become her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Say that you will espouse my cause. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Mrs. Fisher was small, fiery and dramatic; and her hands and eyes were admirable instruments in the service of whatever causes he happened to espouse. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- The Penns found here some strenuous advocates; nor were there wanting some who warmly espoused the side of the people. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- It is the unfortunate destiny of Buffer to damage a cause by espousing it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
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