crusade meaning in English
n.
【历史】十字军；(宗教性的)圣战；讨伐；改革运动；肃清运动，扑灭运动。 crusade against Fascism 肃清法西斯运动。 crusade in favour of birth control 节制生育运动。
发动十字军，加入十字军；讨伐，从事改革[肃清]运动。
Examples
- They see themselves as latter-day crusading knights .
他们把自己看成是当今改革运动的急先锋。 - She has a crusading in her head, which has never so much as flickered .
她心中藏着大干一番的烈火，而且从未象今天这样旺盛地燃烧。 - Defeat in north carolina seemed to break the back of the entire fundamentalist crusade .
在北卡罗来纳的失败，似乎使整个原教旨主义运动再也无能为力了。 - He took a firm moral stand and absolutely refused to participate in the glorious loyalty oath crusade .
他有坚定的道德准则，坚决拒绝参加这一光荣的忠诚宣誓运动。