英语词汇“campaign”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

campaign

例句

noun | verb

campaigncampaign1 /kæmˈpeɪn/ noun ► campaign

a carefully organized series of things that someone does, in order to persuade people to do something:

The city government is starting an anti-drug campaign in the schools.

➔ Campaign is also used to talk about the time before an election when a politician tries to persuade people to vote for him or her: She stopped in Des Moines several times during the presidential campaign.

► fight

the process of trying hard to achieve or change something:

The fight for women’s right to vote began in the 1800s.

► battle

battle means the same as fight but is used especially in news reports:

More and more people are joining the battle against the poor treatment of farm animals.

► struggle

a long hard process in which people try to achieve or change something:

The struggle for democracy is not over, but the country will finally hold free elections.

► movement

a situation in which a large number of people work together to achieve or change something:

The local-food movement encourages people to buy food from farmers near them.

► drive

a carefully planned attempt to achieve a goal, especially one that a government or company does:

The company’s drive to reduce waste has saved them a lot of money.

noun | verb

campaigncampaign2 /kæmˈpeɪn/ verb ► campaign

to try to persuade politicians or other people in powerful positions to do or change something:

Human rights groups are campaigning for a change in the law.

➔ Campaign also means to make speeches and go to events in order to persuade people to vote for you in the time before an election: The two leading candidates were campaigning today in California.

► work for/toward

to work in order to make something happen in society:

This is a great day for all of us who have been working so hard for peace in our country.

We are working toward raising $500,000 from our supporters.

► fight

to work very hard to persuade someone in government or in a powerful position to do something:

The group fights for the rights of women.

► battle

battle means the same as fight but is used especially in news reports:

The governor battled with state lawmakers for months over the budget.

► struggle

to try very hard to change something in politics, society, or the environment, when this is very difficult:

People who live on the island are struggling to protect the birds and fish from pollution.

► lobby

to try to persuade people who make laws to do something:

Insurance companies are lobbying Congress to change the law.

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