| 单词 | military campaign |
| 释义 | military campaign (once / 22600 pages) n WORD FAMILY military campaign: military campaigns USAGE EXAMPLESMoms strategize about the best times to visit department store Santas with the precision of a military campaign. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) In addition to hearing from Votel about the military campaigns in Iraq and Syria, the officials will receive a briefing by Marine Lt. Washington Times(Dec 15, 2016) This would save time and fuel for crews whose overseas missions take them to the front lines of the military campaigns in Syria and elsewhere. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) n several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper campaign Dardanelles campaign the unsuccessful campaign in World War I (1915) by the English and French to open a passage for aid to Russia; defeated by the Turks Okinawa campaigna campaign in the closing days of World War II in the Pacific (April to June 1945); in savage close-quarter fighting United States marines and regular army troops took the island from the Japanese; considered the greatest victory of the Pacific campaign for the Americans Petersburg Campaignthe final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee Wilderness CampaignAmerican Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses First Crusadea Crusade from 1096 to 1099; captured Jerusalem and created a theocracy there Second Crusadea Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187 Third Crusadea Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal Fourth Crusadea Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem Fifth Crusadea Crusade under papal control from 1218 to 1221 that achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms they had been offered Sixth Crusadea Crusade from 1228 to 1229 led by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II who fell ill and was excommunicated by the Pope; by negotiation Frederick II was able to crown himself king of Jerusalem Seventh Crusadea Crusade initiated in 1248 after the loss of Jerusalem in 1244 and defeated in 1249 expedition, hostile expedition, military expedition a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country Crusadeany of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims military operation, operation activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) |
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