bastion

英 [ˈbæstiən]

美 [ˈbæstʃən]

n.  堡垒; 捍卫者; (军事)堡垒; 防御工事

复数：bastions　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13854 / COCA.14035

牛津词典

noun

• 堡垒；捍卫者
  a group of people or a system that protects a way of life or a belief when it seems that it may disappear
  1. a bastion of male privilege
     大男子主义的堡垒
  2. a bastion of freedom
     捍卫自由的堡垒
• （军事）堡垒；防御工事
  a place that military forces are defending

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 堡垒（指固守一种生活方式等的体制或组织）
  If a system or organization is described as abastion ofa particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life.Bastioncan be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
  1. ...a town which had been a bastion of white prejudice...
     一度固守着白人偏见的城镇
  2. ...a bastion of spiritual freedom...
     精神自由的堡垒
  3. The army is still one of the last male bastions.
     军队仍然是男人占据的最后堡垒之一。

英英释义

noun

• projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
• a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
  Synonym:citadel
• a group that defends a principle
  1. a bastion against corruption
  2. the last bastion of communism

双语例句

• But there is one last bastion of gastronomic independence: breakfast.
  但还有最后一座堡垒在坚守着烹饪方式独立：早餐。
• The office has become the last bastion of old-fashioned courting.
  办公室已经成为老式求爱的最后堡垒。
• But services remain a bastion of the policy when Malaysia wants to reduce its dependence on manufacturing.
  但在马来西亚希望减少对制造业的依赖时，服务业仍是一个政策堡垒。
• Coroners'courts, that traditional bastion of independence, are under secret political control.
  死因裁判法院，这个一直以来象征着自由的堡垒，如今已在秘密的政治控制之下。
• Further reforms under way clearly show that the museum's past as a bastion of Chinese orthodoxy is at last over.
  正在实施的进一步改革清楚地表明，这个博物院作为中国正统堡垒的历史终于结束了。
• The seminary was a bastion of the settlement movement in the West Bank.
  这所神学院是在约旦河西岸建设犹太人定居点的主要支持者。
• Some analysts feel that Spain is the last bastion for the euro.
  一些分析师认为，西班牙是欧元的最后一个堡垒。
• Each belligerent calls his own battle line a bastion of iron.
  作战的双方，都把自己的战线称为铜墙铁壁。
• Bastion of enlightenment what's going on?
  启蒙的堡垒，到底发生了什么？
• Thought Bastion: This shield protects the wielder as the Psychic Bastion feat.
  思维堡垒：该盾牌如同心力堡垒专长那样保护持用者。