crusade
crusade 英 [kru:ˈseɪd] 美 [kruˈsed]
n. 改革运动；十字军东侵 vi. 加入十字军；从事改革运动
进行时:crusading 过去式:crusaded 过去分词:crusaded 第三人称单数:crusades 名词复数:crusades
- If you go on a crusade against vegetables, you are waging a long-term battle against leafy greens. A crusade is a passionate struggle against something or someone.
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- n. 改革运动；十字军东侵
- vi. 加入十字军；从事改革运动
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1. My crusade to inspire will continue whether people think it’s possible or not.
无论人们认为可能与否，我的改革运动都不会停止。
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2. King and his advisers wanted to use Montgomery's fame and success to launch a crusade that would target far more than just public-seating practices.
马丁路德金和他的顾问们希望利用蒙哥马利的声望发起比公交座位惯例更为有深远意义的的改革运动。
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3. Henry needed more money for his wars against Wales and France, and to support a papal crusade.
亨利需要很多钱来支持他在威尔士和法国的战争，以及罗马教廷的改革。
- crusade (n.) 1706, respelling of croisade (1570s), from Middle French croisade (16c.), Spanish cruzada, both from Medieval Latin cruciata, past participle of cruciare "to mark with a cross," from Latin crux (genitive crucis) "cross." Other Middle English forms were croiserie, creiserie. Figurative sense of "campaign against a public evil" is from 1786.
- crusade (v.) 1732, from crusade (n.). Related: Crusaded; crusading.
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