单词 | rallying cry |
释义 | rallying cry From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrallying cryˈrallying ˌcry noun [singular]a word or phrase used to unite people in support of an idea ‘Land and Liberty’ was the rallying cry of revolutionary Mexico.Examples from the Corpusrallying cry• This rhetoric offers both a posthoc justification for the changes, and a rallying cry for implementation.• Public order is an election rallying cry and fear of crime can influence practice as well as policy.• Self-denial and self-help, however, would make a poor rallying cry for the hustings.• Newspapers sometimes appeared to be providing the rallying cry for future demonstration.• That was the rallying cry of Nelson Mandela's finely crafted speech. |
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