| 单词 | clarion call |
| 释义 | > as lemmasclarion call clarion call n. (figurative and figurative contexts) a strongly expressed demand or request for action. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > demand > a demand demandc1290 boonc1300 calla1400 requisition?a1450 plea1598 requiral1611 clarion call?1784 drafta1817 outcry1834 ?1784 H. Waller Rump & Dozen 67 The dear-bought Laurels of that Day, When, faithful to the Clarion Call of Glory, Robert! thou wilt fall. 1856 Boston Daily Atlas 13 May 1/7 The voice of Luther was no longer heard, but its echoes..were going clearer and further.., and..people were rising responsive to its clarion call, and throwing off the yoke of priestly tyranny. 1940 S. Spender Backward Son 64 A clarion call to the readers of the Daily Sketch to make Germany pay till the pips squeak. 2002 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 20 Apr. 1543/3 In the church sermons, a clarion call for an all-out war against the atheist..was given. < as lemmas |
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