Espouse
[ɪ'spaʊz;e-] or [ɪ'spaʊz]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
錄入:露西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
巴尔托迪編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Betroth, promise marriage with.[2]. Marry, wed, join in wedlock.[3]. Adopt, defend, embrace, maintain, support.
尤金校對
解釋/意思:
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.
編輯:马里奥
例句/造句/用法:
- Espouse the red whiskers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- When I left college, I was sent out to Jamaica, to espouse a bride already courted for me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But if Dorothea did choose to espouse her solitude, he felt that the resolution would well become her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Say that you will espouse my cause. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- 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. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The Penns found here some strenuous advocates; nor were there wanting some who warmly espoused the side of the people. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- It is the unfortunate destiny of Buffer to damage a cause by espousing it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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