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

• 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。
• He called the Crusades a foolish quest.
  他说十字军东征是愚蠢的行为。
• The crusades were essentially the product of their time, bound up with the medieval way of life, especially with feudalism.
  十字军基本上是时代的产物，它受到中世纪生活方式尤其是封建主义的约束。
• 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。
• The Middle East had become known to Europeans during the11th-13th century crusades.
  11至13世纪的十字军东征期间，欧洲人开始对中东有所了解。
• 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。
• 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。
• Think of the crusades and the Inquisition.
  想想十字军和宗教法庭吧。
• 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！
• There had been many significant consumer crusades before Nader.
  在内德之前，已经有了很多重要的消费者维权运动。