單詞
crusade
英 [kru?'se?d]
美[kru'sed]
基本信息
- n. 改革運動；十字軍東侵
- vi. 加入十字軍；從事改革運動
TEM4GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?crusades;第三人稱單數:?crusades;過去式:?crusaded;過去分詞:?crusaded;現在分詞:?crusading;
助記提示
1. 處在重大的發展的十字路口，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.
雙語例句
- 1. Bennett launched a crusade for "moral values" against decadent "liberal relativism."
- 貝內特發起了一場捍衛“道德價值”、反對腐朽墮落的“自由相對論”的戰爭。
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做自己的使命。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. to lead a crusade against crime
- 領導長期打擊犯罪活動的運動
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.
- 長期以來他們一直致力于爭取種族平等的運動.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. For 23 years he led a crusade for peace.
- 他領導了一場和平運動23年之久.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》