espousal

• n. 拥护；信奉；订婚

词态变化

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. 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。

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