crusades

英 [kruːˈseɪdz]

美 [kruːˈseɪdz]

n.  (长期坚定不移的)斗争，运动; (中世纪的)十字军东征
v.  长期坚定不移地奋斗
crusade的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (长期坚定不移的)斗争，运动
  Acrusadeis a long and determined attempt to achieve something for a cause that you feel strongly about.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 长期坚定不移地奋斗
  If youcrusadefor a particular cause, you make a long and determined effort to achieve something for it.
  1. ...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
  2. ...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
• (发生于11世纪至13世纪的)十字军东征
  The Crusadeswere the wars that were fought by Christians in Palestine against the Muslims during the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries.

双语例句

• Affected districts have banned discotheques, crusades and public video halls to reduce human contact.
  疫区已经禁止夜总会、舞厅和公共录像厅营业以减少人群接触。
• As mayor, he launched a string of crusades.
  在担任纽约市长的时候，他曾推出了一系列改革举措。
• He called the Crusades a foolish quest.
  他说十字军东征是愚蠢的行为。
• King Richard returns from the crusades.
  理查德王结束东征也要回来了。
• Think of the crusades and the Inquisition.
  想想十字军和宗教法庭吧。
• The Crusades ended some 700 years ago.
  十字军东征在700多年前就结束了。
• They broke through the Moslem defenses and began a long series of wars called the Crusades.
  他们冲破穆斯林人的防线，发动了一系列的战争，人们称之为十字军东征。
• A substantial part of the book covers the period of the Crusades.
  这本书有很大一部分是讲十字军东征那段历史的。
• Europe lost the wars of the Crusades.
  欧洲人发动的十字军东征以失败告终。
• Thoreau's anti-government, anti-tax crusades captured American sentiment, but he never had much of a following.
  虽然梭罗的反政府、反税收运动让美国人拍手叫好，但是他的支持者却屈指可数。