strongholds

英 [ˈstrɒŋhəʊldz]

美 [ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊldz]

n.  有广泛支持的地方; 势力强大的地方; 堡垒; 要塞; 据点; (某种动物的)主要栖息地
stronghold的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (持共同态度或信仰的人的)大本营，据点
  If you say that a place or region is astronghold ofa particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.
  1. The westernmost part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers...
     北威尔士最西部是说威尔士语人的聚居区。
  2. The seat was a stronghold of the Labour party.
     这个选区是工党的大本营。
• N-COUNT (某种动物的)主要栖息地
  If you say that a place is astrongholdof a particular type of animal, you mean that more of that type of animal live there than in other places.
  1. Shetland is the last stronghold of otters in the British Isles.
     设得兰群岛是水獭在不列颠群岛上最后的栖息地。

双语例句

• This Chinese term literally refers to the mountain strongholds of bandits.
  这汉语词条实际上指的是山区的据点土匪。
• Do you know the Strongholds trade in creatures?
  你知道吗&在据点城能买卖生物。
• Rebels also allegedly supported by Russian forces have launched a counter-offensive in recent days around their existing strongholds of Donetsk and Lugansk, partly reversing recent Ukrainian progress.
  近日，叛军据称在俄军的支持下，在他们现有的据点顿涅茨克（Donetsk）和卢甘斯克（Lugansk）附近发动反攻，部分逆转了乌克兰政府军近期在战场上取得的进展。
• They've pushed the Taliban out of their Afghan strongholds and finally put al Qaeda on the path to defeat.
  他们把塔利班赶出了在阿富汗的堡垒并最终迫使“基地”组织走上灭亡的道路。
• Kismayo is one of the strongholds of the al-Shabab rebels, who have banned all trade with government-controlled Dobley.
  当地的居民马哈穆德说，基斯马尤是青年党叛军的据点之一，他们在那里禁止和政府军控制的多布莱镇之间的买卖。
• Only with this huge force can the enemy's strongholds be taken and his last fortresses smashed.
  有了这支大军，才能攻破敌人的坚固阵地，才能攻破敌人的最后堡垒。
• Some Strongholds build Escape Tunnels for a quick retreat during a losing siege.
  有些据点城建有逃跑秘道，在守不住城的时候可以迅速撤退。
• The enemy was holed up in a few isolated strongholds.
  敌人龟缩在几个孤立的据点里。
• The government has responded with a wave of air strikes against PKK strongholds in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.
  政府以一系列的空袭打击了库尔德人控制的伊拉克北部的库尔德工人党据点。
• And we gave our troops a new mission: Work with Iraqi forces to protect the Iraqi people, pursue the enemy in its strongholds, and deny the terrorists sanctuary anywhere in the country.
  我们向我们的军队布置了一项新的任务：与伊拉克部队合作保护伊拉克人民，追击躲在堡垒里的敌人，在伊拉克任何地方都不给恐怖分子以藏身之地。