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

• King Richard returns from the crusades.
  理查德王结束东征也要回来了。
• The Crusades ended some 700 years ago.
  十字军东征在700多年前就结束了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Threats to the states led the pope to call for future crusades.
  由于这些国家受到威胁，导致后来教宗又发起几次十字军东征。
• 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。
• Vatican had a change of heart over 'barbaric' Crusades.
  罗马教廷对“野蛮的”十字军东征改变了看法。
• 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。
• Europe lost the wars of the Crusades.
  欧洲人发动的十字军东征以失败告终。