crusade
英 [kru?'se?d]
美[kru'sed]
- n. 改革運(yùn)動(dòng)；十字軍東侵
- vi. 加入十字軍；從事改革運(yùn)動(dòng)
TEM4GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?crusades;第三人稱單數(shù):?crusades;過去式:?crusaded;過去分詞:?crusaded;現(xiàn)在分詞:?crusading;
助記提示
1. 處在重大的發(fā)展的十字路口，肯定需要改革。
中文詞源
crusade 十字軍東征詞源同cross,十字架，因戰(zhàn)士攜帶十字架而得名。
英文詞源
- crusade
- crusade: see cross
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Bennett launched a crusade for "moral values" against decadent "liberal relativism."
- 貝內(nèi)特發(fā)起了一場(chǎng)捍衛(wèi)“道德價(jià)值”、反對(duì)腐朽墮落的“自由相對(duì)論”的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He made it his crusade to teach children to love books.
- 他把教孩子們熱愛讀書當(dāng)做自己的使命。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. to lead a crusade against crime
- 領(lǐng)導(dǎo)長(zhǎng)期打擊犯罪活動(dòng)的運(yùn)動(dòng)
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.
- 長(zhǎng)期以來他們一直致力于爭(zhēng)取種族平等的運(yùn)動(dòng).
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. For 23 years he led a crusade for peace.
- 他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)了一場(chǎng)和平運(yùn)動(dòng)23年之久.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》