espousal

1. N-SING （对政策、事业、信仰等的）支持，拥护
   A government's or person's espousal of a particular policy, cause, or belief is their strong support of it.
   1. ...the Slovene leadership's espousal of the popular causes of reform and nationalism.
      斯洛文尼亚领导层对广受欢迎的改革事业和民族主义信念的支持

1. The response I have received to my articles about them, and my espousal of these beliefs, has been, for the most part, pretty hostile, and sometimes downright nasty.
   关于这种类型的观念，我所得到的回应大部分都含有相当的敌意，有时甚至带有明显的恶意。
2. This espousal of disarmament lost him many friends.
   他对裁军的这种支持使他失去了许多朋友。
3. His uncompromising espousal of the bill
   他对法案的坚定支持
4. Its ruling spirits combine a penchant for micro and industrial policies that destroy jobs with an espousal of deflationary macro policies.
   它的主要理念一是偏爱损害就业的微观经济与产业政策，二是拥护通缩性宏观经济政策。
5. The council's espousal of a nuclear-free policy has met with n mixed response.
   委员会支持的无核政策遇到不同的反响。
6. Espousal of such liberal ideas won't make her very popular around here.
   支持这样的自由主义观点不会使她在这儿很受欢迎。

noun

1. the act of accepting with approval
   1. its adoption by society
   2. the proposal found wide acceptance

   Synonym:    adoptionacceptanceacceptation

2. the act of becoming betrothed or engaged

   Synonym:    betrothal

3. archaic terms for a wedding or wedding feast

   Synonym:    bridal