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

• 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。
• 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。
• The believable causes of the Renaissance: ( 1) the Crusades;( 2) the invention of printing.
  可相信的文艺复兴的原因：一是十字军东征，二是印刷术的发明。
• The Crusades ended some 700 years ago.
  十字军东征在700多年前就结束了。
• 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。
• And why did he compare the Crusades to ISIS?
  为什么他要将十字军东征和ISIS作比较？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。