campaign

英 [kæmˈpeɪn]

美 [kæmˈpeɪn]

n.  运动(为社会、商业或政治目的而进行的一系列有计划的活动); 战役
v.  参加运动，领导运动(如为实现政治变革或赢得竞选胜利)

复数：campaigns　现在分词：campaigning　过去式：campaigned　过去分词：campaigned　第三人称单数：campaigns　

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同义词辨析

movementcampaigncrusadedrive【导航词义：运动，活动】

牛津词典

noun

• 运动（为社会、商业或政治目的而进行的一系列有计划的活动）
  a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social, commercial or political aim
  1. to conduct a campaign
     领导一场运动
  2. a campaign against ageism in the workplace
     反对在工作场所实行年龄歧视的运动
  3. the campaign for parliamentary reform
     要求议会进行改革的运动
  4. an anti-smoking campaign
     反对吸烟的运动
  5. Today police launched (= began) a campaign to reduce road accidents.
     警方今天开展了一场减少道路交通事故的运动。
  6. an advertising campaign
     一场广告宣传活动
  7. an election campaign
     竞选运动
  8. the President's campaign team/manager
     总统的竞选班子 / 主管
• 战役
  a series of attacks and battles that are intended to achieve a particular military aim during a war

verb

• 参加运动，领导运动（如为实现政治变革或赢得竞选胜利）
  to take part in or lead a campaign, for example to achieve political change or in order to win an election
  1. We have campaigned against whaling for the last 15 years.
     我们最近15年一直参加反对捕鲸的运动。
  2. The party campaigned vigorously in the north of the country.
     该党在本国北部展开了强有力的竞选运动。
  3. They are campaigning to save the area from building development.
     他们正开展一场反对在这个地区进行房地产开发的运动。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (社会、政治)运动,活动
  Acampaignis a planned set of activities that people carry out over a period of time in order to achieve something such as social or political change.
  1. During his election campaign he promised to put the economy back on its feet...
     他在竞选时许诺将重振经济。
  2. Apacs has launched a campaign to improve the training of staff.
     雅拍体育用品公司开展了加强员工培训的活动。
  3. ...the campaign against public smoking.
     反对在公共场所吸烟的运动
• VERB 发起运动;开展活动
  If someonecampaigns forsomething, they carry out a planned set of activities over a period of time in order to achieve their aim.
  1. We are campaigning for law reform...
     我们正在宣传呼吁进行法律改革。
  2. Mr Burns has actively campaigned against a hostel being set up here...
     伯恩斯先生积极活动,反对在这儿建青年旅舍。
  3. They have been campaigning to improve the legal status of women.
     他们一直在为提高妇女的法律地位而奔走呼号。
• N-COUNT (包括一系列战斗的)战役
  In a war, acampaignis a series of planned movements carried out by armed forces.
  1. The allies are intensifying their air campaign.
     联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。
  2. ...a bombing campaign.
     轮番轰炸
• See also:advertising campaign

英英释义

noun

• an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa)
  Synonym:hunting expeditionsafari
• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
  1. he supported populist campaigns
  2. they worked in the cause of world peace
  3. the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant
  4. the movement to end slavery
  5. contributed to the war effort
  Synonym:causecrusadedrivemovementeffort
• several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints)
  Synonym:military campaign
• a race between candidates for elective office
  1. I managed his campaign for governor
  2. he is raising money for a Senate run
  Synonym:political campaignrun

verb

• go on a campaign
  Synonym:take the field
• run, stand, or compete for an office or a position
  1. Who's running for treasurer this year?
  Synonym:run
• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person
  1. The liberal party pushed for reforms
  2. She is crusading for women's rights
  3. The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate
  Synonym:crusadefightpresspushagitate

双语例句

• The President's address was a fitting end to a bitter campaign.
  总统的讲话为一场激烈的竞选运动适时画上了句号。
• The election campaign has now entered its final, decisive phase
  选举活动现在已进入了最后的决定性阶段。
• They have been involved in a campaign of deceit.
  他们参与了一系列的欺骗活动。
• The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign
  罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
• This campaign is one of the most successful in the history of advertising.
  这一宣传推广是广告史上最为成功的活动之一。
• We are campaigning for law reform
  我们正在宣传呼吁进行法律改革。
• Apacs has launched a campaign to improve the training of staff.
  雅拍体育用品公司开展了加强员工培训的活动。
• The Government has launched an advertising campaign to encourage people to vote.
  政府已发起一系列广告宣传攻势鼓励民众参加选举。
• Last week, in the heat of the election campaign, the Prime Minister left for America.
  上周，当竞选活动进行到白热化时，首相启程去了美国。
• They have been campaigning to improve the legal status of women.
  他们一直在为提高妇女的法律地位而奔走呼号。