bastions

英 [ˈbæstɪənz]

美 [ˈbæstʃənz]

n.  堡垒; 捍卫者; (军事)堡垒; 防御工事
bastion的复数

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。

双语例句

• Mr. Zheng believes that the work taps into an important argument about the use of landmark buildings in China, many of which are designed as bastions of state power.
  郑见伟认为，该项目涉及了有关如何运用中国地标建筑的重要争论，其中许多建筑都是作为国家权力的堡垒而被设计出来的。
• Many American prisons, those bastions of decorum, have imposed total bans.
  许多美国监狱（那些礼仪的堡垒）已经强制实行全部禁令。
• Meanwhile, in the former bastions of capitalism we have seen a stunning reversal of once firmly held principles.
  与此同时我们看到，在从前的资本主义堡垒中，那些一度受到坚决拥护的原则已被惊人地颠倒了过来。
• Abbreviations may thus be one of the last bastions for language purists, leaving some people to wonder, will'CCTV'be next?
  因而，缩写词可能是汉语纯净论者要攻克的最后一个堡垒。或许有人会想，下一个就该轮到“CCTV”了吧？
• The club is one of the last bastions of male chauvinism.
  这个俱乐部是大男人主义的最后堡垒之一。
• The myth behind China as a high-tech Goliath? Having become workshop to the world, is China poised to storm the bastions of its high-technology industries?
  在成为世界工厂之后，中国是否已做好准备对本国的高科技行业发起强攻？
• 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。
• One of the last bastions of human power, this alliance capital is ruled by the child king, Anduin wrynn.
  这座人类势力的最后堡垒目前由年轻的国王安度因？乌瑞恩统治着。
• Graduate student Party branches is the Party ′ s primary organizations and the role of fighting bastions.
  研究生党支部是党的重要基层组织，是党的基层战斗堡垒。
• Two of the sweeping bastions appeared to rest on the water which washed their base, while a deep ditch and extensive morasses guarded its other sides and angles.
  其中有两座大碉堡就建在湖边，一面的墙脚被冲刷着，另外的几面和拐角处，则围着一条很深的壕沟和一片开阔的沼泽地。