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

• 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。
• 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。
• He had within his reach his pistols and carbine, and Ali, standing near him, held one of the small Arabian hatchets, whose form has not varied since the Crusades.
  手枪和马枪就在他的身边，阿里站在他的附近，手里握着一把那种自十字军以来从未改变过式样的阿拉伯小斧头。
• 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。
• 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。
• Think of the crusades and the Inquisition.
  想想十字军和宗教法庭吧。
• The Crusades ended some 700 years ago.
  十字军东征在700多年前就结束了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。