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

• It rests on the assumption that nonwhites need the White Messiah to lead their crusades.
  它建立在非白人需要白人救世主来领导他们的正义之战的臆想之上。
• Ever since the Crusades, pilgrims had made the city a focal point of their travels.
  从十字军东征以后，朝圣者已使该城市成为他们旅行的一个集中点。
• I'll also look in detail at the risks and rewards of crusades and jihads.
  我同样会展示十字军东征和圣战的风险和回报的细节。
• ( historically) a Muslim who opposed the crusades.
  （历史上的）反对宗教战争的穆斯林。
• 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。
• I learnt that long before the Bush family took power, it was the Pope that initiated Crusades on Muslim lands.
  在布什家族上台前，原来是教皇大人在穆斯林的土地上发动了十字军！
• 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。
• King Richard returns from the crusades.
  理查德王结束东征也要回来了。
• 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。
• 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。