bastion 详细解释

bastion

['bæstiən]

n.棱堡, 堡垒

词形变化

形容词: bastioned |

词义辨析

同义参见:

stronghold  entrenchment  

英英释义

名词 bastion:

a group that defends a principle

a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle

同义词：citadel

projecting part of a rampart or other fortification

补充

bastionbastion英:[ˈbæstiən] 美:[ˈbæstʃən, -tiən]n.1.棱堡(要塞之凸处部分)2.堡垒; 防御工事3.〈喻〉堡垒

例句

1. The army is still one of the last male bastions.军队仍然是男人世界最后的堡垒之一。 2. a bastion of spiritual freedom精神自由的捍卫者 3. cricket's last bastion of discrimination.歧视板球的最后堡垒。 4. The neighborhood is considered by many to be the city's last liberal/conservative bastion. [=the only place left in the city where liberal/conservative ideas are still accepted]这个街区被视为是这座城市自由主义/保守主义观点仅存的最后堡垒。 5. a bastion of racial inequality [=a system in which people of different races still do not have equal rights]种族歧视的堡垒 6. bastions of democracy民主堡垒

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