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

• 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。
• Geoffrey Chaucer was born some hundred years after the last war of the Crusades, in the early part of the Renaissance.
  十字军东征最后的一场战争之后几百年，杰弗里•乔叟出生，那时正是文艺复兴的早期。
• He called the Crusades a foolish quest.
  他说十字军东征是愚蠢的行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• This paper is written with the unpopular belief that the crusades and Military Orders were not all bad.
  本文基于今日不受欢迎的理论，即十字军与军事修会不是完全负面的、坏的。
• Former territories on the Palestine coast taken by the Christian army during the first of the Crusades.
  第一次十字军东征期间，基督教军队在巴勒斯坦沿岸占领的地区。
• Think of the crusades and the Inquisition.
  想想十字军和宗教法庭吧。
• Wrap this one around yourselves, folks: The next Christian Crusades will be conducted by the Chinese.
  用这个想法环抱自己吧，夥计：下一个基督教十字军将由中国人领衔。
• Yes, the Crusades died off, but it was regaining popularity.
  士兵们虽然相继死去，但是十字军的阴魂一直未散。