crusading
present participle ofcrusade
| 单词 | crusading |
| 释义 | crusading present participle ofcrusade crusade verb[I] uk/kruːˈseɪd/us/kruːˈseɪd/to make anefforttoachievesomething that youbelieveinstrongly: She crusadedagainstsexandviolenceontelevision. Backing, supporting & defending
Examplesofcrusadingcrusading In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The establishment of these devolved committees with their 'crusadingenthusiasm' was later praised officially as a triumph of organisation, devotion, and harmonious cooperation. From theCambridge English Corpus The act ofcrusadingwas itself partly penitential. From theCambridge English Corpus Francis may have seen himself as thecrusadingwarrior knight, but he was hostage (literally and figuratively) to the march of political and dynastic interest. From theCambridge English Corpus It was in this region also where thecrusadingzeal of the democratic agenda of the victorious powers was most concentrated. From theCambridge English Corpus For these reasons, the labouring poor resented thecrusadingethos. From theCambridge English Corpus He links the revival to developments incrusadingstudies. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time one can identify something of a 'crusadingspirit' that entailed asserting social, moral and political authority over the assisted people. From theCambridge English Corpus For understandable reasons, there has been an emphasis on such aspects ascrusadingwarfare, the theology underpinning the crusades and the motives which made individuals become crusaders. From theCambridge English Corpus The arguments invoked bore a striking ressemblance to those put forward a few decades earlier by reformerscrusadingfor the establishment of a network of public parks in the city. From theCambridge English Corpus Do they look nice when they paint a big red cross on their shirts and go outcrusading? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, however, he concluded his admirable comments by showingcrusadingzeal for vasectomy and issuing a proselytising call for yet more vasectomies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was horrified, he said, by what he saw, and since then he has been imbued with acrusadingspirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The philanthropic motive is essentially acrusadingspirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not let us be kidded by the fact that thiscrusadingspirit occupies no more than a few perorations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no place forcrusadingzealotry against alcohol as such. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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