espouse

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪˈspaʊz/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To marry. transitive
    — For I am iealous ouer you with godly iealousie, for I haue espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
  2. To accept, support, or take on as one’s own (an idea or a cause). figuratively,transitive
    — Although Dowty’s proposal is attractive from the point of view of the alternative argument linking theory that I am espousing, since it eschews the use of thematic roles and thematic role hierarchies, […], but it still has some drawbacks.

词形变化

espouses present,singular,third-person espousing participle,present espoused participle,past espoused past

词汇关系

衍生词
disespouse espousable
相关词
espousal sponsor spouse

词源

From Middle English espousen, borrowed from Old French espouser, from Latin spōnsāre (frequentative of spondeō), from Proto-Indo-European *spend-.
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