crusade
英 [kruː'seɪd]
美 [kru'sed]
- n. 改革运动；十字军东侵
- vi. 加入十字军；从事改革运动
crusade 助记提示
1. 处在重大的发展的十字路口，肯定需要改革。
crusade 中文词源
crusade 十字军东征词源同cross,十字架，因战士携带十字架而得名。
crusade 英文词源
- crusade
- crusade: see cross
- crusade (n.)
- 1706, respelling of croisade (1570s), from Middle French croisade (16c.), Spanish cruzada, both from Medieval Latin cruciata, past participle of cruciare "to mark with a cross," from Latin crux (genitive crucis) "cross." Other Middle English forms were croiserie, creiserie. Figurative sense of "campaign against a public evil" is from 1786.
- crusade (v.)
- 1732, from crusade (n.). Related: Crusaded; crusading.
crusade 双语例句
1. Bennett launched a crusade for "moral values" against decadent "liberal relativism." 贝内特发起了一场捍卫“道德价值”、反对腐朽堕落的“自由相对论”的战争。 来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. to lead a crusade against crime
- 领导长期打击犯罪活动的运动
来自《权威词典》
- 4. They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.
- 长期以来他们一直致力于争取种族平等的运动.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. For 23 years he led a crusade for peace.
- 他领导了一场和平运动23年之久.
来自《简明英汉词典》