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

• I'll also look in detail at the risks and rewards of crusades and jihads.
  我同样会展示十字军东征和圣战的风险和回报的细节。
• The first Christian Crusades of the11th and12th centuries were attempts to reconquer Christian and Jewish lands that had been conquered by Arab armies.
  当年在11和12世纪时十字军想征服那些被穆斯林军队征服的原属基督徒和犹太人的土地。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They broke through the Moslem defenses and began a long series of wars called the Crusades.
  他们冲破穆斯林人的防线，发动了一系列的战争，人们称之为十字军东征。
• 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？
• 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。