crusade单词什么意思_crusade单词解释 crusade的反义词crusade的例句

名词[史]十字军东征; （宗教性的）圣战; 改革运动

动词讨伐; 加入十字军; 从事改革运动

1. (长期坚定不移的)斗争，运动
A crusade is a long and determined attempt to achieve something for a cause that you feel strongly about.

e.g. Footballers launched an unprecedented crusade against racism on the terraces...
足球运动员们对阶梯看台上的种族歧视发起了一场空前的运动。
e.g. He made it his crusade to teach children to love books.
他把教孩子们热爱读书当做自己的使命。

2. 长期坚定不移地奋斗
If you crusade for a particular cause, you make a long and determined effort to achieve something for it.

e.g. ...a newspaper that has crusaded against the country's cocaine traffickers.
坚决抨击该国可卡因毒贩的报纸
e.g. ...an adopted boy whose cause is taken up by a crusading lawyer.
由一位执著坚定的律师受理其诉讼案件的被收养男孩

3. (发生于11世纪至13世纪的)十字军东征
The Crusades were the wars that were fought by Christians in Palestine against the Muslims during the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries.

七彩网·英语单词

noun

1. a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

e.g. he supported populist campaigns
they worked in the cause of world peace
the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
the movement to end slavery
contributed to the war effort

Synonym: campaigncausedrivemovementeffort