Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense crusades, present participle crusading, past tense, past participle crusaded
1N-COUNT [NOUN to-infinitive](长期坚定不移的)斗争,运动 A crusade is a long and determined attempt to achieve something for a cause that you feel strongly about. (长期坚定不移的)斗争,运动
Footballers launched an unprecedented crusade against racism on the terraces. [+ against/for]
足球运动员们对阶梯看台上的种族歧视发起了一场空前的运动。
He made it his crusade to teach children to love books.
3N-PROPER-PLURAL (发生于11世纪至13世纪的)十字军东征The Crusades were the wars that were fought by Christians in Palestine against the Muslims during the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries. (发生于11世纪至13世纪的)十字军东征
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CRUSADE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤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。