英语释义

1. a fortified place

2. a place of security or survival
one of the last strongholds of the ancient Gaelic language
— George Holmes

3. a place dominated by a particular group or marked by a particular characteristic
a Republican stronghold strongholds of snobbery
— Lionel Trilling

4. an area where most people have the same beliefs, values, etc. an area dominated by a particular group

5. a protected place where the members of a military group stay and can defend themselves against attacks

6. an area where a particular type of uncommon animal can still be found

7. fortress

英汉例句

• The percentages are smaller in the strongholds of Mr Ruto and Mr Kenyatta; at funerals and community events in such places, children can be heard singing songs against the ICC.

  在鲁托与肯雅塔的根据地内这一百分数较低；在这些地方举行的葬礼与社区活动中可以听到儿童们歌唱反对ICC的歌曲。

• Thousands of American marines are attempting to expel Taliban fighters form strategically important strongholds in Helmand province in the south of the country.

  数千名美国海军军士正想方设法将塔利班反抗者驱逐出阿富汗南部Helmand省的重要战略要塞。

• He is helped by the fact that the PP has its own problems-especially long-running scandals that have tarnished its reputation in strongholds like Madrid and Valencia.

  他得益于这样一个事实，即人民党自身的问题——尤其是经常爆出各种丑闻，这些丑闻让人民党在马德里和巴伦西亚这些中心地区名誉扫地。

• In recent weeks, their activities have become infrequent and their grip on most of their erstwhile strongholds has loosened.

  在最近几个星期，武装分子的活动已变的稀少，他们对过去的据点控制也已经逐渐瓦解了。

• Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are strongholds of Australian rules football.

  维多利亚、南澳大利亚、塔斯马尼亚、西澳大利亚和北领地则是澳式足球的根据地。

• UNDER cover of night, driving through the desert or landing from helicopters, America「s marines went 「big, strong, fast」 into the Taliban」s strongholds in Helmand province.

  在黑夜的掩护下驾车穿越沙漠或搭乘直升机着陆，美国的海军陆战队对赫尔曼德省的塔利班据点进行了「大规模、高强度、快速的」打击。

• Even the government「s strongholds do not appear secure.

  甚至政府方的根据地也不见得安全。

• Welcome to visit one of the country」s oldest strongholds and go for some fishing afterwards.

  欢迎来游览该国其中一个最古老的堡垒，然后我们去钓鱼。

• Smaller groups of riot police were also deployed near opposition strongholds in the city to prevent supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga from making their way to the downtown area.

  小规模的防暴警察部队部署在反对派在市内的据点，以防止反对派领袖奥廷加的支持者进入市中心。

• First they would 「soften up」 an island, weakening the resistance by shelling the enemy strongholds with bombs from offshore ships.

  首先他们会「软化」该岛，以离岸船舰发射炮弹摧毁敌人的防线，削弱他们的守卫。

• For years, they have largely failed to capture the imagination and the support of the masses beyond their regional strongholds of West Bengal and the state of Kerala.

  多年以来，他们始终不能超越其在西孟加拉和喀拉拉邦的地区据点，而夺取更多民众的期望和支持。

• New South Wales and Queensland are the rugby states; Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory are strongholds of Australian rules football.

  新南威尔士和昆士兰是橄榄球之邦；维多利亚、南澳大利亚、塔斯马尼亚、西澳大利亚和北领地则是澳式足球的根据地。

• The enemy besieged in a few strongholds capitulated on the condition that they would be granted to return home voluntarily.

  被围困于少数据点中的敌军已投降，条件是允许他们自愿地回家。

• Areas that were former strongholds of ZANU-PF, the ruling party, which dared to switch to the opposition in March, have now been turned into no-go areas for the MDC.

  执政党津巴布韦非洲民族联盟爱国阵线因大胆地在三月的选举中转向反对党，于是他们之前作为要塞的地区现在禁止民革运进入。

• The government has responded with a wave of air strikes against PKK strongholds in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. These have not made a spot of difference.

  土政府遂对库尔德人控制的伊拉克北部PK K据点进行了一系列空袭，还以颜色，但并未起到作用。

• The list also leaves open the question of who, if anyone, should answer for the ethnic cleansing of Kikuyu from Mr Odinga's political strongholds in western Kenya.

  这份名单留下了一个疑惑：谁——如果有这样一个人的话，会来为在西肯尼亚奥廷加先生的政治要塞中发生的对基库尤人进行的民族清洗负责呢？

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bastion(Bastion)人名；(英)巴斯申

castle(Castle)人名；(英)卡斯尔

citadel城堡；大本营；避难处

fastness牢固；不褪色；要塞；巩固；堡垒；迅速

fort(Fort)人名；(法)福尔；(德、英、西、葡、匈)福特

fortification[军] 设防；[军] 防御工事；加强；配方

fortress筑要塞；以要塞防守

hold持有；拥有；保存；拘留；约束或控制；召开，举行

redoubt多面堡；防御性障碍物