espousal是什么意思？

espousal

英[ɪ'spaʊzl] 美[ɪˈspaʊzəl, -səl]

• n. 支持，拥护，<古>结婚，订婚；

动词：espouse;

例句

• his recent espousal of populism 他最近对平民主义的支持
• Margaret Thatcher's espousal of monetarism eventually brought inflation down in the early 1980s. 玛格丽特·撒切尔对于货币主义的拥护最终使通货膨胀在20世纪八十年代降了下来。
• ...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

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-SING
  （对政策、事业、信仰等的）支持，拥护
  A government's or person's espousal of a particular policy, cause, or belief is their strong support of it.
  例句
  ...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

英汉词典释义

• n.
  支持,拥护
  his recent espousal of populism 他最近对平民主义的支持

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast
  2. the act of becoming betrothed or engaged
  3. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception;
  "its adoption by society""the proposal found wide acceptance"