单词	espousal
释义	espousees‧pouse /ɪˈspaʊz/ verb [transitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINespouse Origin: 1400-1500 Old French espouser, from Latin sponsus; ➔ SPOUSE Verb Table VERB TABLE espouse Simple Form Present I, you, we, they espouse he, she, it espouses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they espoused Present perfect I, you, we, they have espoused he, she, it has espoused Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had espoused Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will espouse Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have espoused Continuous Form Present I am espousing he, she, it is espousing you, we, they are espousing Past I, he, she, it was espousing you, we, they were espousing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been espousing he, she, it has been espousing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been espousing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be espousing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been espousing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Followers of the sect espouse pure love and nonviolence. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS He did not espouse a theory of contingent duties vesting subsequently to careless acts. It has been rhetorically espoused by politicians and sceptically analysed by academics. This was the credo that Church himself espoused as a landscape artist. Under any such setup, voters elect a leader who espouses a program. Until recently women have had a struggle to get the unions to espouse their interests. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► espouse a cause/policy etc  He espoused a variety of scientific, social and political causes. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► cause · And there was the great Lord Byron, a powerful name, a man well known to espouse the cause of freedom.· Y., so eager to espouse other causes, has thus far been uncharacteristically low key and ineffective.· They were believed to have sprung from the ranks of alienated youths who had espoused ultra-right-wing political causes. ► policy · On the other hand Tsongas, another centrist sceptical of big government, espoused an industrial policy which distanced him from Clinton.· Where a country espouses outward-looking policies, it may continue to behave in many important respects as though it were still domestically focused. ► principle · A moderate conservative, Bush espouses the principles of limited government. ► view · The allegation is dangerous and insulting to Morrissey, especially when you consider that he has never publicly espoused racist views. formal to support an idea, belief etc, especially a political oneespouse a cause/policy etc He espoused a variety of scientific, social and political causes.—espousal noun [singular, uncountable]:  her espousal of liberal reforms
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