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