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BNC: 7819 COCA: 7310

crusade

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Related topics: Christianity
cru·sade1 /kruːˈseɪd/ ●○○ noun [countableC]  
1  FIGHT FOR OR AGAINST somethinga determined attempt to change something because you think you are morally right 改革运动 → campaign
crusade against/for
 He seems to be running a one-man crusade against cigarette smoking.
他像是在单枪匹马进行反吸烟的运动。
2. (also Crusade)RRCWAR one of a series of wars fought in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by Christian armies trying to take Palestine from the Muslims 〔发生于11、12、13世纪的〕十字军东征
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crusade• He has begun a crusade for gun control.• Theirs was a correction of smug Victorian concepts, a crusade sprung from reactive energies.• The president also would require tobacco companies to pay for a $ 150 million advertising crusade to stop young people from smoking.• Amid this moral decay, religious, ethnic and caste crusades have a growing appeal.• Alice was to be handed over to a guardian nominated by Richard, who would marry her after his return from crusade.• She intends to continue her crusade against sex and violence on TV.• The doctor has taunted officialdom since he began his crusade to help terminally ill people kill themselves almost three years ago.• The fact that it was invited to join a coalition marks the crowning achievement of its crusade to achieve political respectability.• As a politician she's made the fight for women's rights into a personal crusade.• In the crusade for civil rights, the federal government sets a uniform standard that overrides local prejudices.• We have won the crusade for a balanced budget with tax relief.
crusade against/for• In the civil war of 324 he had represented his military campaign as a crusade against a corrupt paganism.• They see the United States as fighting a proxy counterinsurgency war disguised as a crusade against drugs.• He urged parents and churches to join a crusade against crime.• They thought that he would launch a crusade against corruption and make heads roll before ordering elections.• The new mayor is actively crusading against drugs and gangs.• That's Crusade against Cruelty, tomorrow, at six twenty five.• Money solved that problem, as it was to solve many others to come in the crusade against polio.• In the crusade for civil rights, the federal government sets a uniform standard that overrides local prejudices.• We have won the crusade for a balanced budget with tax relief.
Related topics: Christianity
crusade2 verb [intransitiveI]  
RRCto take part in a crusade 加入十字军东征；为〔某一事业〕奋斗 SYN campaign
crusade against/for
 He continued to crusade for free education for all.
他为实现全民免费教育而继续奋斗。
—crusader noun [countableC]
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crusade• During his six months in office, Illes crusaded against powerful and entrenched organisations such as the water and power industries.• And he intends to crusade for the return of the blocks.• Lange has crusaded in the past on emissions issues, such as heavy goods vehicle pollution.• And he crusaded to boost minority enrollment in honors classes until it matched the percentage of minorities enrolled in the school.• The difference, of course, is that in 1964 Congress was dominated by liberals crusading to expand the power of government.
crusade against/for• We have won the crusade for a balanced budget with tax relief.• In the civil war of 324 he had represented his military campaign as a crusade against a corrupt paganism.• In the crusade for civil rights, the federal government sets a uniform standard that overrides local prejudices.• They thought that he would launch a crusade against corruption and make heads roll before ordering elections.• He urged parents and churches to join a crusade against crime.• That's Crusade against Cruelty, tomorrow, at six twenty five.• They see the United States as fighting a proxy counterinsurgency war disguised as a crusade against drugs.• Money solved that problem, as it was to solve many others to come in the crusade against polio.
Origin crusade1
(1400-1500) Old French croisade and Spanish cruzada, both from Latin crux; → CROSS2
cru·sade1 nouncrusade2 verb
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BNC: 7819 COCA: 7310
crusade

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ADJECTIVE | VERB + CRUSADE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤great偉大的運動▸➤holy, moral, personal神聖的／提倡道德的／個人的運動VERB + CRUSADE➤embark on, launch, mount, start發動運動；發起運動◇The charity tonight launched its great crusade against homelessness.今晚這家慈善機構發起了援助無家可歸者的大型活動。➤be engaged in, join, wage參與／加入／開展運動◇She seems to be waging a personal crusade to stop this building work.她似乎在進行一場個人聖戰來阻止這項建築工程。➤lead領導運動PREPOSITION➤on a crusade從事運動◇He is on a crusade to take the church to the people.他在從事一項向民眾傳教的工作。➤crusade against反⋯的運動◇The book urges parents to join a crusade against crime.該書極力主張父母參加打擊犯罪的運動。➤crusade for為⋯的運動◇For 23 years he led a crusade for peace.他領導了一場長達 23 年的和平運動。
BNC: 7819 COCA: 7310
crusade noun
⇨ campaign
BNC: 7819 COCA: 7310
crusade
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