rallying cry

英 [ˈræliɪŋ kraɪ]

美 [ˈræliɪŋ kraɪ]

n.  (团结众人的)战斗口号，信念

牛津词典

noun

• （团结众人的）战斗口号，信念
  a phrase or an idea that is used to encourage people to support sb/sth

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 战斗口号
  Arallying cryorrallying callis something such as a word or phrase, an event, or a belief which encourages people to unite and to act in support of a particular group or idea.
  1. ...an issue that is fast becoming a rallying cry for many Democrats: national health care.
     很快成为许多民主党人战斗口号的议题：全国医疗保健

英英释义

noun

• a yell intended to rally a group of soldiers in battle
  Synonym:war crywar whoopbattle cry
• a slogan used to rally support for a cause
  1. a cry to arms
  2. our watchword will be `democracy'
  Synonym:war crybattle crycrywatchword

双语例句

• Based on this true story? V The Alamo depicts what would become a legendary rallying cry for independence* and a heroic fight for freedom!
  《围城十三日》由真人真事改编，是美国其中一场迈向独立、追求自由的正义战役！
• But entertainment industry executives have followed this rallying cry only reluctantly.
  但娱乐业的高管们非常不情愿响应这个号召。
• Sometimes the rallying cry is 'Save the Tomb of Christ from the Heathen!'
  有时喊的口号是'把基督的坟墓从异教徒手中夺回来！
• So do not be surprised if See you in court becomes the environmentalist's new rallying cry.
  所以，当听到环保人士以「法庭见」做为最新抗争口号，请别惊讶。
• As stocks soared higher, investors rushed to her rallying cry.
  随着股市飙升，投资者纷纷追随她的投资口号。
• Such an abstract rallying cry, however, could only be effective when it was rooted in a definite material program.
  提出了一般性的号召，还必须有具体的纲领，才能有实现的可能。
• To some, it is simply an amorphous rallying cry, rather than an attempt to achieve real change on the ground.
  对一些人而言，这只是一个空洞的口号，而不是要努力实现真正的变化。
• From the early days of popular use of the Internet, the rallying cry was that cyberspace was the new frontier, subject to no law.
  互联网自普及之初便喊出了一个响亮的口号：网络空间是不受任何法律制约的新疆域。
• Demanding a capital stake in a troubled company may seem like an odd thing to do at the height of the worst recession since the Second World War, but for German workers it is fast becoming a powerful rallying cry.
  在战后最严重的经济衰退达到顶峰之际，要求获得一家困境公司的部分资本股权看上去可能有些奇怪，但对于德国工人而言，这正迅速成为一句强有力的战斗口号。
• Taking on the rude behavior that has become a point of pride for some, Talk to the Hand is a rallying cry for courtesy.
  有些人甚至以举止粗鲁为傲，通过《与手说话》一书，作者希望能呼吁世人重拾礼仪。