crusade

crusade音标

英 [kru:ˈseɪd]

美 [kruˈsed]

crusade基本释义

n.改革运动

vi.参与斗争或运动

n.十字*东征

crusade用法及例句

noun

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

e.g. he supported populist campaignsthey worked in the cause of world peacethe team was ready for a drive toward the pennantthe movement to end slaverycontributed to the war effort

Synonym: campaigncausedrivemovementeffort

verb

1. go on a crusadefight a holy war

2. exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or personbe an advocate for

e.g. The liberal party pushed for reformsShe is crusading for women's rightsThe Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate

Synonym: fightpresscampaignpushagitate

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.

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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*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*东征The Crusades were the wars that were fought by Christians in Palestine against the Muslims during the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries.

The power of the religious sentiment..inspired the crusades.

出自：R. W. Emerson

近义词

临近词

exert yourself努力(尽力)

struggle努力

fight战斗

cause引起

action行为

agitate煽动

effort努力

battle战斗

movement活动

push推

campaign运动

drive开车

press按

war战争

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crusade for

crusade against

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crusade against tuberculosis

Crusade of Nicopolis

crusade in favour of

Crusade against corruption

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相关列句

In 1979, the government of Nicaragua established a number of social programmes, including a National Literacy Crusade.(1979年，尼加拉瓜*府建立了若干社会方案，其中包括一项全国扫盲运动。)

He made it his crusade to teach children to love books.(他把教育孩子热爱书籍作为自己的奋斗目标。)

Dr Bertram Wainer continued his crusade against police with further allegations of illegal behaviour.(伯特伦·温纳博士继续对**进行进一步的非法行为指控。)

Her commitment to a great cause degenerate from a crusade into an obsession.(她致力于一伟大事业，但其崇高的奋斗精神已变质成为偏执的狂热。)

Television. I’m not on a crusade against television, and I’m not saying you should get rid of it.(少看电视我不是要和电视对这干，我也没说你一定要戒掉电视。)

He likened it to a "medieval call to crusade" -an almost verbatim quote from Qaddafi himself.(他将这次行动比作“中世纪的十字*召唤”——此话几乎完全复制了卡扎菲的腔调。)

Everyone of the city was asked to join the crusade for better housing.(城市中每个人都被要求去参加这个改善住房的活动。)

Meanwhile, Finkelstein was being called in by big professors in the field who were telling him, "Look, call off your crusade;(与此同时，行内的大教授们开始不停地给芬克尔斯坦打电话，告诉他“听着，就此打住。)

During this period, researchers interviewed nearly 3,000 women, some of whom had learnt to read as children, some during the literacy crusade and some who had never learnt at all.(在此期间，研究人员采访了近3000名妇女，其中有些人在小时候已经学会了阅读，一些是在扫盲远征运动中学会的，还有一些从未学过阅读。)

Cleland warns that the Nicaraguan crusade was special in many ways, and similar campaigns elsewhere might not work as well.(克莱兰警告，尼加拉瓜的改革运动在很多方面都很特别，类似的运动在其他地方可能不会如此奏效。)