espousal
                                                    英 [ɪ'spaʊz(ə)l; e-]
                                                                    美 [ɪ'spaʊz(ə)l; e-]
                        
                
                
                
                
                    
                                    
                
                                                                                                        espousal 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.
 
                
                                                    espousal 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。 来自辞典例句