Espouse

(verb.) take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own; 'She embraced Catholicism'; 'They adopted the Jewish faith'.

录入:露西

• Espouse the red whiskers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• When I left college, I was sent out to Jamaica, to espouse a bride already courted for me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But if Dorothea did choose to espouse her solitude, he felt that the resolution would well become her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Say that you will espouse my cause. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Mrs. Fisher was small, fiery and dramatic; and her hands and eyes were admirable instruments in the service of whatever causes he happened to espouse. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The Penns found here some strenuous advocates; nor were there wanting some who warmly espoused the side of the people. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It is the unfortunate destiny of Buffer to damage a cause by espousing it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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