crusade

英 [kruː'seɪd] 美 [kru'sed]

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crusade 十字军东征

词源同cross,十字架，因战士携带十字架而得名。

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.

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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。

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。

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.