stronghold
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT If you say that a place or region is a stronghold of a particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief. (大多數(shù)人有共同態(tài)度或信仰的) 大本營
Florida is a stronghold for pro-choice activists. 佛羅里達是一個主張墮胎合法的活躍分子們的大本營。
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stronghold /?str???h??ld/ (strongholds)
劍橋詞典
- a building or position that is strongly defended
要塞,堡壘;據(jù)點
a rebel stronghold 叛軍據(jù)點
They captured the last stronghold of the presidential guard . 他們攻占了總統(tǒng)衛(wèi)隊的最后一個堡壘。
a place or area where a particular belief or activity is common
(特定信仰或活動的)勢力強大的地方,大本營,根據(jù)地
Rural areas have been traditionally thought of as a stronghold of old-fashioned attitudes . 鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū)傳統(tǒng)上一向被視為守舊思想的大本營。 返回 stronghold