espousal
espousal 英 [ɪ'spaʊzl] 美 [ɪˈspaʊzəl, -səl]
n. 拥护；信奉；订婚
名词复数:espousals
- When you speak up in favor of something or support a cause, that's espousal. Your espousal of energy conservation can be seen in your electric car and the solar panels on your house.
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- n. 拥护；信奉；订婚
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1. Marx was expelled from several European countries for his radical espousal of a working-class revolution. He moved to London in May 1849 and lived there until his death in 1883.
由于他对工人革命的热烈拥护，马克思被很多欧洲国家驱逐，于1849年5月移居伦敦，直到1883年逝去。
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2. Their paranoid espousal of various conspiracy theories, rabid support of Israel and religious Zionism, and fiery preaching about the "Islamic Threat" held for me a strange fascination.
他们的偏执袒护各种阴谋论，狂热支持以色列犹太复国主义和宗教，并强烈鼓吹的“伊斯兰威胁”为我举行了一个奇怪的魅力。
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3. The espousal of a notion of public good, drawing people beyond the personal and consumerist .
信奉工艺的理念，引导人们超越个人的、消费者的境界。
- espousal (n.) late 14c., from Old French esposailles (plural) "act of betrothal" (12c., Modern French époussailles), from Latin sponsalia "betrothal, espousal, wedding," noun use of neuter plural of sponsalis "of a betrothal," from sponsa "spouse" (see espouse). For the -e- see e-. Figuratively, of causes, principles, etc., from 1670s.
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