espousal
英 [?'spa?z(?)l; e-]
美
- n. 擁護；信奉；訂婚
GRE
詞態變化
動詞:?espouse;
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Margaret Thatcher's espousal of monetarism eventually brought inflation down in the early 1980s.
- 瑪格麗特·撒切爾對于貨幣主義的擁護最終使通貨膨脹在20世紀八十年代降了下來。
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