首页crusadecrusade的意思

crusade

英 [kruː'seɪd] 美[kru'sed]
  • n. 改革运动;十字军东侵
  • vi. 加入十字军;从事改革运动

TEM4GRE低频词扩展词汇

词态变化


复数: crusades;第三人称单数: crusades;过去式: crusaded;过去分词: crusaded;现在分词: crusading;

助记提示


1. 处在重大的发展的十字路口,肯定需要改革。

中文词源


crusade 十字军东征

词源同cross,十字架,因战士携带十字架而得名。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. Bennett launched a crusade for "moral values" against decadent "liberal relativism."
贝内特发起了一场捍卫“道德价值”、反对腐朽堕落的“自由相对论”的战争。

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. to lead a crusade against crime
领导长期打击犯罪活动的运动

来自《权威词典》

4. They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.
长期以来他们一直致力于争取种族平等的运动.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. For 23 years he led a crusade for peace.
他领导了一场和平运动23年之久.

来自《简明英汉词典》