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.
雙語例句
1. Bennett launched a crusade for "moral values" against decadent "liberal relativism."
貝內特發起了一場捍衛“道德價值”、反對腐朽墮落的“自由相對論”的戰爭。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He made it his crusade to teach children to love books.
他把教孩子們熱愛讀書當做自己的使命。
來自柯林斯例句
3. to lead a crusade against crime
領導長期打擊犯罪活動的運動
來自《權威詞典》
4. They have long been involved in a crusade for racial equality.