espousal

英 [ɪˈspaʊzl]

美 [ɪˈspaʊzl]

n.  (对政策、事业、信仰等的)支持，拥护

GRE

BNC.33032 / COCA.35028

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （对政策、事业、信仰等的）支持，拥护
  A government's or person'sespousal ofa particular policy, cause, or belief is their strong support of it.
  1. ...the Slovene leadership's espousal of the popular causes of reform and nationalism.
     斯洛文尼亚领导层对广受欢迎的改革事业和民族主义信念的支持

英英释义

noun

• the act of accepting with approval
  1. its adoption by society
  2. the proposal found wide acceptance
  Synonym:adoptionacceptanceacceptation
• the act of becoming betrothed or engaged
  Synonym:betrothal
• archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast
  Synonym:bridal

双语例句

• The council's espousal of a nuclear-free policy has met with n mixed response.
  委员会支持的无核政策遇到不同的反响。
• The response I have received to my articles about them, and my espousal of these beliefs, has been, for the most part, pretty hostile, and sometimes downright nasty.
  关于这种类型的观念，我所得到的回应大部分都含有相当的敌意，有时甚至带有明显的恶意。
• Its ruling spirits combine a penchant for micro and industrial policies that destroy jobs with an espousal of deflationary macro policies.
  它的主要理念一是偏爱损害就业的微观经济与产业政策，二是拥护通缩性宏观经济政策。
• This espousal of disarmament lost him many friends.
  他对裁军的这种支持使他失去了许多朋友。
• His uncompromising espousal of the bill
  他对法案的坚定支持
• Espousal of such liberal ideas won't make her very popular around here.
  支持这样的自由主义观点不会使她在这儿很受欢迎。