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

• Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time
  摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。
• But the government dispatched paramilitary forces to root out militant strongholds near Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
  但是，巴基斯坦政府还是派遣了准军事部队去消灭西北边境省首府白沙瓦附近的激进组织据点。
• The Taliban seized Kabul in1996 and captured most of the country outside of Northern Alliance strongholds primarily in the northeast.
  1996年，塔利班夺取喀布尔，并占领了除主要在东北活动的北方联盟之外的绝大部分领土。
• To be sure, we're already seeing this sort of behavior emerge in knowledge-economy strongholds like Silicon Valley.
  必然，我们要做好了准备去面对此类行为现象在硅谷那样的知识经济要塞出现。
• The enemy strongholds fell one after another.
  敌方据点相继被攻克。
• 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。
• Even the government's strongholds do not appear secure.
  甚至政府方的根据地也不见得安全。
• 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。
• Dagger Lake is full of islands where they lurk in hidden caves and secret strongholds.
  达格湖里的众多岛屿是他们的聚居点和藏身地。
• Babylon's warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds.
  巴比伦的勇士止息争战，藏在坚垒之中。